Suits (2011–…): Season 5, Episode 16 - 25th Hour - full transcript

(HARVEY READING)

Prison ruined
Clifford's life.

And if you had
been our lawyer,

he never would have been
convicted in the first place.

What do you want?

You do two years in prison and I
won't go after any of your friends.

That'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?

All I did
was love you.

I'm not going to rat them out.
I'm not asking you to.



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

Don't fall on your sword again.
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?

I would never send
my friends to prison.

They find me guilty, they're going to
send my friends to prison anyways.

RACHEL: The jury came back.
We have an hour.

Where's Mike?
I don't know.

I'm ready to take your deal.
GIBBS: Which one?

All right. So,
just to be clear,

this is the one
you want to go with.

You go to prison for two
years, your friends go free,

and no crying about it
once it's done.



MIKE: One stipulation.

GIBBS: I'm not reducing your
jail time by one minute.

MIKE: That's not it.

I want you to write in
that once we sign,

you can't renegotiate
with Harvey.

I get it.

You're afraid
I'm going to use this

to get him to take
the bullet for you.

I'm not afraid of you trying to
do that because I know you will.

So, either put it in
or we go to verdict.

And just remember, like
you said to me, ticktock.

(PANTING)
What did you do?

I did what
I had to do.

I pled guilty-

Bullshit.

You didn't plead anything.
Harvey, look at me.

It was my crime, it was my choice
to make, and I made it. It's done.

Well, I'm going
to un-make it.

Because the judge
hasn't ratified it yet.

Until she does, nothing's done.
Harvey, stop.

No, you
listen to me.

If you think I'm going
to let you do this,

you're out of your
goddamn mind.

RACHEL:
Do what, Mike?

What did you do?

I took the two years.

(SHUDDERS) No.
No, you didn't.

Rachel, please.
I don't accept that.

Please, listen. It was the
only way that I could do this.

No, it wasn't
the only way.

You told me that you'd
wait for the verdict.

And I begged you to
have faith in yourself,

and you told me that you would.
That was before I begged Diaz

to take a deal that would
rat out his friend.

And he didn't listen to me and then I...
Wait a second.

You're throwing away
the next years of our lives

for something that some criminal said?
Stop. Listen to me.

Hold on. Harvey said he wasn't
going to let this happen.

He went to go see
the judge, didn't he?

It doesn't matter.
He can't stop it.

Why not? Because
it's not up to him.

It's up to me and I've
made my decision.

(SIGHS)

Rachel, where are you going?
Anywhere else.

Because if you're
going to rob us

of the next two years
of our lives,

I am not going to stand
here and watch you do it.

Ms. Gibbs, I don't appreciate
being kept waiting

once the jury's informed us
they've reached a verdict.

I'm sorry, Your Honor, Mr.
Ross and I were finalizing

a plea agreement.

I'm sorry, too,
Your Honor,

but they haven't
finalized shit.

What did you just
say in my courtroom?

You heard what I said.

My chambers, right now.

Rachel, I heard
the jury was back.

I came down
to hear the verdict.

There's not going
to be a verdict,

so you can turn
right around.

Because Mike
took a deal

to spend two
years in prison.

Oh, my God.

And they're in there right
now, signing off on it.

And I don't know
what to do.

Okay. I'll tell you
what you need to do.

You need to go back inside and
you need to be there for him.

I'm not going to go back
inside and be there for him.

Why not?
Because he told me

that he wasn't
going to do this.

He told me that
it was on the table

and I begged him
not to take it.

And he promised me
that he wouldn't.

Rachel, last night,
Harvey came to me

wanting to do
the same thing.

And I begged him to have
faith in that jury.

And Harvey kept his word.
But he might not have.

And I told myself that if he changed
his mind, I would have to forgive him.

Then, Donna, you're
a better woman than I am.

Because Mike
is my heart.

And right now, I feel like
someone is ripping my heart

out of my chest.

And that someone...
That someone's him.

Your Honor, I don't give
a shit about that deal.

She took advantage
of my client.

She coerced him and you
have the power to stop it.

I've had enough of your language, Mr.
Specter.

It wasn't coercion, it was
negotiated by a competent attorney.

It's rock solid and there's
no basis to stop it.

He's not a
competent attorney.

He's cutting a deal
to plead guilty to fraud.

You want to cut a different
deal with me, I'm all ears.

And the only
problem with that

is you can't sign
a different deal,

because you already signed
your rights to that away.

God damn it, Mike.
Don't do this.

We can go to verdict.
Don't give me that.

You weren't racing
over to her office

to tell her that
the jury was back.

You were going to jump on the
grenade and I beat you to it.

Now, I told you
it's done and it's done.

Are you absolutely sure,
Mr. Ross?

lam, Your Honor.

Then, Mr. Ross,
you have 72 hours

to report to Danbury
Federal Prison.

♪ 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 I

Give it to me
straight.

What happened?

Mike pled guilty
and in exchange,

they can't go after you,
Harvey, Louis, or any of us.

Shit.

For someone who just found out

she's not going to prison,

you don't seem happy.

I was never worried about
going to prison, Donna.

What are you worried about?

Losing my firm.

Now that Mike pled guilty,

every case he ever touched

has "Lawsuit"
written all over it.

So, what are we going to do?

I'll tell you what
we're going to do.

We're going to
restructure this firm,

and we're going to do it

before the lawsuits
even start.

Get me Louis.

Michael?

Gloria, what are
you doing here?

I came here to be with
you for the verdict,

but they told me
you made a deal.

I did.

Michael, there's no way
the Lord would have

put me through two
innocent men going away.

Wait, Mrs. Danner,
I'm not innocent.

I did what they
accused me of.

I'm not stupid,
Michael.

I didn't mean
you went to law school.

I meant you are
innocent in your heart.

And now, you've chosen to go to a
place filled with men who aren't.

I don't think you understand. I'm
going to a white collar prison.

There's no such thing
as a white collar prison

once they close those doors.

You need to hear me.

Gloria, look, I know that
you are trying to help.

But I took responsibility for what I
did and I'm going to live with it.

But right now, I need to go spend time with
the woman I love and make things right.

So, I'm sorry,
but you have to excuse me.

Robert, I got your message.
I rushed right over.

What happened to Rachel?

ROBERT: I'll tell you
what happened.

Mike Ross is going to jail,
my daughter's heartbroken,

and Harvey and Jessica
are getting off scot free.

Wait a second. If you
lured me down here,

'cause you wanted
a punching bag,

I can tell you right now,
that's not going to happen.

Well, let me tell you
what is going to happen.

It's about to be open season
on every case

that Mike Ross ever put
his good-for-nothing name on.

And once that happens,

it's just a matter of time

until every one of your
attorneys tries to leave.

I see what this is.

You want to use me to
start an avalanche

that will bury
Harvey and Jessica?

Guess what. I'm not
going to do it.

Then you're a bigger fool
than I thought.

Because I'm going to
find someone that will.

Good luck with that. Because
we have a non-compete.

Not anymore,
you don't.

Bullshit.
You're bluffing.

Then why don't you go and ask
your ex-associate, Katrina?

Because she's the one that gave me the
way around it in the first place.

Harvey, I heard about Mike.
I am so sorry.

Well, you can stop being sorry and get
me the name of that jury foreman.

Harvey, you can't
get a mistrial.

It's too late.
Mike cut a deal.

I don't need
legal advice, Donna.

I need the name and
address of that foreman.

I don't think
that's a good idea.

It's not breaking the law anymore, Donna.
It's just a favor.

I'm not going
to ruin his life.

I just need to ask him
a goddamn question.

Well, I'm not going to do that until
you tell me what that question is.

Donna.

Mike just threw
his whole life away

and there's nothing
I can do about it.

And the only way
that I can accept it

is if I find out what that
verdict was going to be.

I'll get you
the name.

Robert Zane just told me he can
take away our non-compete.

I need you to tell me right now
how he's going to do that.

Nice to see you,
too, Louis.

Can I offer you
a prunie?

No, I don't need
a damn prunie.

I need you to tell me
what he's up to.

Louis, I'm here now.

And the reason I'm here is that
I got fired for helping you.

And even though you
promised to bring me back

once you were name
partner, you didn't.

No,no,no. I wanted to
bring you back, Katrina.

More than anything.

Don't give me that,
Louis.

I covered for you
after Sheila dumped you.

I helped you
poach VersaLife.

I even forged government
documents for you.

Okay. Katrina, if I wanted to bring you
back, I couldn't protect you from...

From what? From finding
out Mike Ross is a fraud?

Yeah, I did
the math, Louis.

And you couldn't have
protected me from it,

but you could use it to get your
name on the door, couldn't you?

Are you going to look me in the
eye and tell me that isn't true'?

It's true.

Well, I appreciate
your honesty.

And since you were honest with
me, I'll be honest with you.

I can't help you.

You Okay?

No.

Rachel.

I just don't understand, Mike.
(SNIFFLES)

You told me you'd wait
for the verdict. I know.

Rachel, listen to me, all right?

I didn't do this
to hurt you.

I did it because
it's who I am.

I know that. Then why are
you holding it against me?

Because I can't stand the
thought of losing you.

You're not
going to lose me.

Yes, lam, Mike.
For two years.

And it could have been seven.
It could have been zero.

Rachel... Why couldn't you
just wait for the verdict?

Because I have to live with
myself the rest of my life.

I made a decision and I...

I can't go back in time
and change it.

But we are here
right now. All right?

We have...
We have three days left.

I'm going to have to take one
of those days for myself.

Because you promised me that you
would have faith in yourself.

And you didn't.

HARVEY:
You remember me?

How could I not?

I listened to you for the
better part of two weeks.

Then I'll get
right to it.

I need a favor.

You got a truck
needs fixing?

I want to know what that
verdict was going to be.

No, you don't.
Yeah, I do.

What difference
does it make?

It makes all the
difference in the world.

Then I'll tell you.

'Cause I've been dying
to tell somebody.

'Cause it was 12 Angry Men
in there and I was the one.

Yeah,
that's right.

One by one, I put
that jury on my back

and we did
the right thing.

What's the
right thing?

You think I don't know
what's what?

That kid didn't go
to law school.

You know it, I know it, everybody
in the goddamn room knew it.

He was guilty.
I didn't say that.

That woman didn't
make her case.

And I'm not letting
my country's justice system

go to shit
on my watch.

Say it.

Not guilty.

They told us you guys
cut some kind of deal.

Guess you should have had a
little more faith in the system.

(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)

Mr. Specter?

Mr. Specter.

(GASPS) Mrs. Danner,
what can I do for you?

I tried to talk to Michael
but he wouldn't listen.

Talk to him
about what?

About what's going to happen
to him inside that prison.

Mrs. Danner, I appreciate
you coming down here.

But I can't talk
about this right now.

I don't care.

You're going to listen
to what I have to say.

Because I saw what prison
did to my son, Mr. Specter.

Michael needs to know what his
first clay is going to be like.

Who to make
friends with.

What guards
to stay away from.

Because it's the guards
that are the worst.

You think I don't
know all that?

Then do something
to toughen up that boy.

I told you, I can't talk
about this right now.

Go ahead. Walk away.
But you owe me.

Because you may
have gotten him out,

but you're also the one who put him
in that hellhole in the first place.

Louis, where the hell
have you been?

We have a problem. You
think I don't know that?

I need you to bifurcate the
firm into two entities,

and I need you
to do it now.

I know what you're thinking.
If we insulate our clients,

we can hold onto
our lawyers.

But that won't help.
Why the hell not?

Because Robert Zane has a way
to bust our non-compete.

God damn it.

He finds somebody
to jump ship,

it will be a stampede
for the exits.

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

All right, then forget
about splitting the firm

and work on figuring out
what the hell he's up to,

or there won't be
a firm left to split.

MIKE: I need to talk to you.
I can't, Mike. Not now.

Harvey, I need to know if you
think I did the right thing

taking that plea.

God damn it.
You ask me that now?

Rachel can't get past the fact that I
didn't wait for the verdict to come in.

It's tearing her up
and that's tearing me up.

Mike...
Harvey, I know

that you are pissed that I
made a deal before you,

but I need you to tell me
that I made the right call.

You did.

How can you be sure?

Because I went
to see the foreman

and he told me
the verdict was guilty.

What?

Look, the idea of you going
to prison was killing me

and I couldn't let
it go unless I knew.

But now you can?

I still wish you would have let
me take the hit instead of you,

but, yeah, I can.

Go home, Mike.

Get whatever time left
you have with Rachel.

It's going to be
easier now.

Never thought the word
"Guilty" would do that.

DONNA: Are you all right?

I'm fine.

DONNA: Can I
get you anything?

Yeah.

Clear your schedule
for the rest of the day.

I need you to get me everything
there is to get from Mike's trial.

Harvey,
I don't understand.

You said if you talked
to that foreman,

you would be able to
make peace with this.

I don't care what I said. And
he said that Mike was guilty

and Mike accepted those consequences.
He didn't say Mike was guilty.

He said he was
goddamn innocent.

Oh, my God.

He's going away
for nothing.

No,Donna. He's not
going away at all.

What do you
need me to do?

I need you to get me everything
we have on that trial,

because I'm going to
figure out a way

to invalidate
that goddamn deal.

JACK: Jessica,
do you have a minute?

I'm really busy
right now, Jack.

I'm afraid
this can't wait. Uh...

I'm officially giving you
my letter of resignation.

Let me guess.

Robert Zane
made you an offer.

He did.

And as much as I didn't
want to take it, I have to.

Oh, you have to?

You begged me for a second
chance and a third and a fourth.

And I gave them all to you. And
now, he's using you to destroy us.

We're already destroyed, you
just don't want to accept it.

No, this is a setback.

I'm sorry.

Jack?

I think you're forgetting
about that folder you gave me.

The one with the little legal
indiscretion Daniel Hardman had on you.

Let's not soft-pedal it,
Jessica.

It wasn't an indiscretion,
it was a flat-out crime.

And the problem
with you using it,

is you'll be announcing
to the world

yet another crime
happened under your watch,

and you did nothing
to stop it.

And whatever clients were willing
to stay with you before,

won't be willing
to anymore.

I think I'm going to
miss this the most.

Miss what?

Coming home to you.

Rachel, I know
I should have told you

what I was going to do
before I made that deal,

but, I didn't know
I was going to do it.

And I had, like, three
seconds to make a decision.

And those three seconds took
away two whole years. (SIGHS)

Actually,
it gave us back five.

What are you
talking about?

Harvey found
the jury foreman.

They were going to
find me guilty.

And we only had three days
and I took away one of them.

Hey, it's okay.

Rachel, I don't care.

As long as we're good.

I don't want us
to just be good.

I want us to be one.

I want to be your wife
before you go.

I want to be
your husband.

(BOTH BREATHING HEAVILY)

Okay, I got us
some coffee and...

Donna, what the hell?
This isn't everything.

What do you mean,
"This isn't everything?"

I mean, she had to have filed motions
and subpoenas and discovery,

and all this shit
is nothing.

Harvey,
these boxes are...

What? This is his class
ranking that he wasn't on.

This is his transcript.
This is his yearbook.

Where are the things that
we can attack procedurally?

They're over there. Then why
haven't you gone through them?

Because that's
not what I do.

Then what in God's name
are you doing in here?

I'm supporting you,
Harvey.

And right now, I'm going to do
that by giving you some space.

You think you can waltz into
my firm and take my lawyers,

you must be out
of your damn mind.

Let me guess. You're
suing me for inducement.

You bet your ass I am.

You induced Jack Soloff
into breaking his non-compete.

You don't have a non-compete
with Jack Soloff

or anyone else.

I heard you tried that
empty threat with Louis,

but it's not going
to work with me.

If it is empty, then so is your
morals clause in your bylaws,

which states that if a name
partner participates in a crime,

any partner is free to go.

And conspiracy to commit
fraud is a goddamn crime.

You can't prove
we knew about Mike Ross.

Well, let me suggest
that you ask Louis Litt

about his conversation with
Katrina Bennett this morning.

Ah, I got you,
Jessica.

And if you want to come after me for
hiring Jack or anyone for hiring anyone,

you may not go to jail.

But the world is going
to know what you did.

Why are you
doing this, Robert?

I don't give a shit about you
hiring a fraud, Jessica.

But you never came to me with it
once he started dating Rachel.

How could I have known I could have
trusted you not to come after my firm?

That picture on Robert's desk is
how you could have known, Jessica.

Now, if you'll excuse us, we
have tickets for the theater.

Sorry about
before, Donna.

It's okay, Harvey,
I understand.

And I've been thinking, we're
going about this all wrong.

What do you mean?

I mean, appealing something based on
legal minutiae isn't what you do.

And what exactly
is it that I do?

You get people to do
things they don't want to

by giving them
something else.

Donna, I can't
do that with Gibbs,

because what she really wants
is me, and Mike won't let me.

And what if you give her
something bigger?

What are you
talking about?

I'm talking about
Liberty Rail.

No.
Harvey.

If we're willing to let me
be prosecuted for what I did,

then you can give Gibbs
people who committed murder

and get Mike
off the hook.

Two for one.

Donna, I am not trading
you for Mike, period.

Then what are we
going to do?

We're going to give Gibbs her murderers
without giving you up at all.

Louis, tell me
right now.

Did you admit
to Katrina Bennett

that you knew
about Mike Ross?

The morals clause.
Goddamn it.

Jessica,
she already knew.

Her knowing and you flat-out
confessing aren't the same thing.

It doesn't matter.
She can't prove it.

Louis, don't you get it? Katrina
Bennett was your protégé.

All that underhanded shit that
you do, she learned all of it.

What are you saying?

I'm saying that
she recorded you.

And if that tape ever
sees the light of day,

any partner who wants
can walk out that door

and take their clients
with them.

No, they can't.

Where are you going?

To the file room.

You were right, Jessica.
Katrina was my protégé.

And she knows all my dirty laundry.
But I also know hers.

Let me take care
of this.

EVAN: I don’t think so.

After the way we ended things last
time, it's the least I can do.

What do you want, Harvey?
I want Liberty Rail.

Well, that's never
going to happen.

And you need to
let that shit go.

What I need is to trade that
shit for Mike Ross' freedom.

What the hell
are you talking about?

You give me Liberty Rail, I'll
give you five of my best clients.

There's no way Jessica Pearson
allows that to happen.

It's not her call,
they're my clients.

Well, I don't care.

Because I'm not breaking privilege
and risking my entire career

in exchange
for five clients.

What's it
going to take?

You want my price?

I want to go shopping
at Pearson Specter Litt.

Exclusive access
to hire anyone I want

from paralegals
to senior partners

and their clients
for the next month.

You'd be
gutting the firm.

Do I look like I care?

There is no way Jessica
accepts this and you know it.

What I know is, people will do
anything if they're desperate enough.

And if you're
in here doing this,

then you're desperate
to save Mike Ross.

Michael, if you're here to see
Robert, he's already gone.

I'm not here to see Robert.
I'm here to see you.

Well, I'd rather
you go.

Laura, please.
Please what, Michael?

Robert and I were ready
to embrace the man

who was going to
marry our daughter,

and it turns out
that man is a liar.

And now, you're
here to get me

to convince my husband
to go to your wedding?

It's not just my wedding,
it's also Rachel's.

And I can talk to Robert
until I'm blue in the face.

He will never forgive you. He doesn't
need to forgive me, all right?

He just needs to
be there for his daughter.

He's not going to do that.
why not?

Because you're ruining her life.
Look.

Laura, I know that
I made a horrible mistake.

I'm going away for two years when
I could have gotten out of it

by turning on
my friends.

Now, Rachel knows that's
the kind of man that I am.

That's why she wants to spend
the rest of her life with me.

Now, all...

All I am asking you is that
you help Robert see that.

I know my husband.

What you're asking
is impossible.

And I... I don't expect
you to understand that

because you've never been
the father of a daughter.

But I'll try.

I don't understand.
Of course you don't.

Because you've also never been
the mother of a daughter.

Louis.

What are you
doing here?

Why did you do it?

Do what? Don't be coy
with me, Katrina.

It's one thing to share our bylaws,
but I know you recorded me.

And I want to know why.

I did it because it put my name
on the map with Robert Zane.

If you don't destroy
that recording,

it's going to put your name
on the map somewhere else.

This is a copy of the
document I forged for you.

Yeah, the one you
reminded me of yesterday.

And the same one that I'm
going to give to the SEC,

if you don't back off.

You don't have to do this. You
can still come work with us.

No,I can't. And even if I wanted
to, I can't trust you anymore.

That's not fair.

If it wasn't me, it would
have been somebody else.

But it was you,
Katrina.

My own protégé stabbing
me in the back.

I was just trying to
make a name for myself.

And I just wanted
my name on the wall.

But let me tell you something. If
there's one thing that I've learned,

it's not worth being willing to do
anything to make a name for yourself.

Jessica, I need
to talk to you.

Harvey, before you ask
whatever you're about to ask,

I'm not in the mood.

Well, that's not
going to cut it.

I need you to waive our
non-competes for Evan Smith.

Is this a joke?

It's the only way to
keep Mike out of prison.

There is no way to Keep
Mike out of prison.

Yes, there is.

We give Evan people
who already want to go

and I give Anita Gibbs murderers
in exchange for Mike.

And I've just spent the last 24 hours
fighting to keep our non-competes.

Jessica...
No.

He cut a deal
to save this firm.

He cut a deal to keep us from
going to prison and you know it.

You know, I don't give a shit what
he thought when he made that deal.

He was going to be
found innocent.

What?

I went to see
the foreman.

The verdict was going
to be not guilty.

Then let me see
your deal with Gibbs.

I don't have it yet.

Are you crazy?

You're asking me
to decimate my firm

for a deal you don't
even know she'll take?

I'll make her
take the deal.

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

Jessica, we have
a chance to save Mike

and let the people
who want to go, go.

And what if it doesn't work?
And we lose everything?

LOUIS: Then we do.

Jessica,
Harvey's right.

Mike's family.

Even if we lose
half the firm,

if we don't try to
save him, who are we?

Make the deal.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

RACHEL: Dad.
Where is he?

RACHEL:
He's not here.

Well, that's too bad, because
I came here to talk to him,

even though he didn't have
the balls to talk to me.

He wasn't afraid
to talk to you.

He went to Mom
because I asked him to.

Oh, okay.

Okay, let's
get down to this.

You marry him, and that
man ruins your life.

How, Dad?

We're going to get through the
next two years, and then...

And then what? Because you're sure
as shit not going to be a lawyer.

What are you
talking about?

I'm talking about
you graduating

and then you're going to
stand before the character

and fitness committee
of the bar.

And the last time I checked,
marrying a man that defrauded them

isn't going to get you in.

Okay. And by the time
that happens,

he will have served his time and
he will have paid his debt.

What the hell difference
does that make?

The difference is that's what our
justice system is all about.

And standing behind
the man that you love

is the definition
of character and fitness.

Okay. You tell them that,

and they're going to tell you and
your felon husband to go to hell.

That's not
going to happen.

Oh, yes, it is.
God damn it!

These are vindictive
and protective people

and he made them
look like fools!

This isn't about me not becoming
a lawyer or him ruining my life

or any of this other bullshit
that you're in here saying.

This is because he
pulled one over on you.

He can't be trusted!

Dad, I'm sorry that
I kept this from you.

But he didn't
keep it from me.

And I'm telling you,
I can trust him.

And how can I trust you?

(SNIFFLES)

Wow. Uh...

Well, if you can't, then maybe you
shouldn't come to the wedding.

Well, that about
sums it up.

I'm proud of you,
Michael.

It's not easy
to resist the temptation

to make a deal
that saves yourself.

Well, as far as I'm concerned, I
did make a deal that saves myself.

But I didn't just come
here to make you proud.

I came to
ask a favor.

Name it.

Rachel and I want to
get married before I go.

I know it's not supposed to happen
for another couple of months.

But... You don't have
that kind of time.

Look, I promise it's not going
to be too much trouble.

We're not going to
invite too many people.

So...
I'd be honored, Michael.

Thank you,
Father.

Michael, since you're not
inviting many people,

we don't have to
do it in here.

We could always do it
in the small chapel.

I appreciate that,
Father, but...

My mom and clad weren't
married in the small chapel.

GIBBS: Okay,
you're here.

What's so important I had to
reschedule an arraignment

to meet with you?

Because that arraignment
wasn't going to lead to you

putting corporate
murderers behind bars.

Let me guess.

You got ahold of some
incriminating documents

and you want me to
prosecute these people

in exchange for keeping
Mike Ross out of jail.

Murder for fraud,
straight up.

Not interested.

Listen to me.

Compared to this,
what Mike Ross did

barely constitutes
spitting on a sidewalk.

I know that.

Then what the hell
is wrong with you?

I'll tell you
what's wrong with me.

You.

You've been bending the rules
since the day you were born

and I'm not letting you
get away with it anymore.

Are you kidding me? You bent rules
up and down this entire case.

Except the difference
between you and me

is I'm bending them
to get justice.

Putting these people
away is justice.

Then give them to me,
anyway. That's right.

You've been keeping this case in your
back pocket waiting for a rainy day

because that's
what you do.

So, maybe the next time you have
a chance to put away murderers,

you'll do it instead of saving
it up for a chit down the road.

You hate me that much.

I don't hate you.
But you did this.

And you can try
to get out of it,

but what you can't do
anymore is deny you did it.

I'm not trying
to get out of this.

I'd take the
punishment for him.

You had plenty
of chances to do that,

but you waited
until it was too late.

And now, you want to
keep Mike out of prison?

You have to convince him
to let you take his place.

What are you
doing here?

(SIGHS)

Harvey, I want
to talk to you.

Good, because
I want to talk to you.

I want you to be
my best man.

What? Rachel and l
want to get married.

You are less than
a day from prison,

and you're thinking
about dresses and flowers?

Harvey...
You know what?

I'll be your best man
on one condition.

That ship has sailed.
The hell it has.

We can still call Gibbs.
lam not calling Gibbs.

Get it through your head.
This is on me.

No, you get it
through your head.

I am not letting you go to prison
for a crime that I committed.

Well, I'm not letting you go when you
were going to be found innocent!

What did you say?
That's right. I lied.

The verdict was not guilty.
No, I don't believe you.

Then call the goddamn guy. Why
the hell would you lie to me?

Because truth
would have broken you.

Except now you
want to break me.

Because it's the only way
you're going to let me do this.

You think putting a ring on Rachel's finger
is going to make everything go away?

You know what, Harvey? You
want to come to my wedding,

you let me know.

You want to
go to prison?

Rule number one. Never
turn your back on anyone.

I know what you're doing
and it's not going to work.

I'm not trying to
take your place anymore.

I'm trying to get you ready
like Gloria Danner asked me to.

Harvey...
'Cause you're weak.

I am not weak.
Yeah? Well, hit me.

No. Harvey, stop it!
Hit me.

Listen. You think you're not weak?
No, you listen to me.

You're only doing this
because you feel guilty.

Louis Litt got you in a headlock.
But I am not going to hit you.

Tess's husband
kicked your ass.

I'm not going to hit you just because
you can't handle the fact...

What do you think
he's going to do with her,

the second you
get behind... (GROANS)

ls this what you want?

That I hate you?

And you're going to
make me do this

and lose everything
because of you?

(GROANS)

(PANTING)

(SOBBING)

Mike, please.

Let's call Gibbs.

I can't.
I can't, Harvey.

I can't.

What are
you doing?

Sometimes I like to
come and just watch.

LOUIS: See how far
you've come?

Oh, something
like that.

LOUIS: Gibbs didn't take the deal, Jessica.
I'm sorry. I was wrong.

JESSICA: No, Louis,
you were right.

He's family
and we had to try.

And whoever's left,
we'll be stronger.

Even if
we're smaller.

I'm sorry, Mike.

I shouldn't have told you
the truth about the verdict.

I probably shouldn't have
hit you all those times.

It's okay.

Makes me feel better,
knowing you have it in you.

(SIGHS)
I've got to go.

(GRUNTS)

I've got to ask Rachel
to marry me.

I thought you were
already getting married.

There's something
I've got to tell her first.

You come here to gloat? Because
tonight is not the night.

No,Robert. I came
here to make peace.

You were right.

I should have
come to you.

And I'm sorry I didn't and I will
regret that for the rest of my life.

But I understand Rachel's
getting married tomorrow.

And I'm telling you, if
you're not there for her,

you will regret it
for the rest of yours.

(KEYS JANGLING)

MIKE: Rachel? I'm in the bedroom.
Don't come in.

MIKE: Why? What's wrong?
No, nothing's wrong. l...

I have my dress on.

Rachel, come on.
Please.

There are about a million
things with this wedding

that aren't going
as planned.

And I'm fine with that.

But I'm not going to jinx it by
having you see me in my dress.

MIKE: Rachel, I was wrong
about the verdict.

Harvey lied to me.

They were going to
find me not guilty.

Rachel, please,
open the door.

Why are you telling me
this right now?

MIKE: Because you only
wanted to get married

after you found out
I was guilty.

And I didn't want to start our
life out with another secret.

You were right.

I should have had faith
in myself and I didn't.

If you don't want to
do this now, I understand.

We can do it
when I get out.

RACHEL: In my mind,
you are out.

And no one knows what's going to
happen after they get married.

They just know what's going to
happen the day that they do.

And the day we're getting
married is tomorrow.

(CHUCKLES)

(CHUCKLES)

DONNA: I don't think I've ever
seen a more beautiful bride.

That's good. Because
I have never seen

a more beautiful maid of honor.
(CHUCKLES)

So, I don't want to bother you,
but I just wanted to come in

and give you a little bit
of an early wedding present.

Donna, you don't have to do that.
Your mom and dad are here.

Thank you. Oh, don't thank me.
Thank Jessica.

Urn...

I'm going to go and put my necklace
on before I make my mascara run.

Okay. I'll just be outside. No.
No, please. I would, um...

I'd rather you stay.

(CHUCKLES)

Okay.

Donna, can I talk
to Rachel for a second?

Mike, you can't. You can't
see her before the ceremony.

Donna, please.

Okay. Donna, can you
just help me put...

(CHUCKLES)

(CHUCKLES)

Mike, you can't see me
in my dress.

Rachel, we can't do this.

What?

I just walked in
and I saw your parents.

They're here because they have to
be, not because they want to be.

Mike. lt wasn't just the
look on your father's face.

It's the look
on your mother's.

They think I'm taking
away your future.

You are my future. (SOBBING) Hey.
Hey.

I am not saying that I don't
want to get married to you.

I'm just saying that if,
for some reason,

I was responsible
for taking away your dream...

That you'd never be
able to live with yourself.

You go finish
law school, okay?

And you pass the bar.
And you become a lawyer.

And then...

In two years, when I get out, if
you still want to marry me...

Oh, I will.

Of course I will.

(SIGHS)

(SIGHS)

How did you know?

I knew.

And there's no way I'm
letting you do this alone.

♪ Oh, Father, tell me

♪ Do we get what we deserve

♪ Oh, we get what we deserve

♪ And way down we go

♪ And way down we go

♪ So, way down we go

♪ Way down we go

♪ Well, you let
your feet run wild

♪ Time has come
that we all fall down

♪ There before the fall
my heart

♪ to your daddy looked him
right in the eyes, yeah

♪ Oh, 'cause they will
run you down down to the dark

♪ Yes, and they will run
you down down till you fall

♪ And they will run you down
down to your core

♪ Yes, you can't grow no more

♪ And way down we go

They're all gone.

♪ Oh, way down we go

♪ Say way down we go

♪ Way down we go I

It's not your fault,
Harvey.

I made my case.

I convinced you
to hire me.

I was the one
that made the call.

You were.

(SIGHS)
It doesn't matter.

Because even knowing
how it all turned out,

I'd do it again.

I guess I would, too.

Because I'd never have thought
in a million years

I'd meet someone dumb enough to be
willing to go to prison for me.

Donna always said you were
looking for another you.

I guess you found one.

(CHUCKLES)

I guess it's time to get busy
living or get busy dying.

Well, that's
goddamn right.

Watch your back
in there, Mike.

I will.

(BUZZER RINGS)