Suits (2011–…): Season 7, Episode 3 - Mudmare - full transcript

- Maybe you don't know
how babies are made.

Because when people are trying,
they know they're trying!

And just because no one
ever wants to try with you

doesn't give you the right

to tell me how to run
my associates!

- I think Rachel should
handle the associates.

- I am up here;
Rachel's down here.

And you don't give dominion
over the associates

to someone down here.

- Which one of my clients
are you after?

Because we both know
you can't have pfizer.



- Yes, I can.
- Then make me name partner.

- Harvey's making his friend
name partner.

He's accused me
of being jealous,

and I don't know what to do.

- Are you jealous?
- Of course I'm goddamn jealous!

- If you keep letting your
emotions dictate your behavior,

you won't need to worry
about being replaced.

You'll drive Harvey away
all by yourself.

- Stop apologizing
and start intimidating.

- That's a hell of a slogan,
Harvey,

but what does it actually mean?

- It means you go out,
you find a reporter,

and you control the narrative.

- If I lose this case,
the only article that's



gonna get written is that
i never should've been able

to practice law
in the first place.

- If you can't figure out
a way to win,

maybe I shouldn't have brought
you back in the first place.

- A reporter from
the "times" is coming here.

We are doing an interview:

"The redemption
of a fraudulent lawyer."

- I don't want my behavior

to drive a wedge between us,

which means I accept Alex
as name partner.

- For what it's worth,
Alex is still coming,

but not as name partner.

- Really?
- You're right.

We can't water down
the firm like that.

- I have to say...

I've been wanting this
for so long.

Never in my wildest dreams
did I think it would come true.

- We're the only name partners
now, Louis.

And I meant it
when I said it.

I want us to share
things like this.

- I can't tell you how
happy that makes me.

- You're not gonna
cry, are you?

- Are you kidding?
The last time I cried in here,

I messed up the ph.

I had a yeast infection
for weeks.

- You're not gonna do the other
thing you told me

you did in the mud, are you?

- Harvey, I told you,
that was a one-time thing.

And believe me,
you're no missy dietler.

- Who's missy dietler?

- What is he doing here?
- What do you mean?

Harvey and I go mudding together
all the time.

So why don't you lug yourself
out of there

so I can get my tub back?
- This is my tub.

And you always told me it was
weird for male friends

to mud together.

- But Harvey and I are
more than just friends.

We're best friends.

- And then what did you do?

- What do you think I did?
I called you.

- Louis, it was just a dream.

- Just a dream?
It was a goddamn mud-mare.

Don't you get it?

Harvey let his buddy
into my firm.

Now he's in my mud.

I mean, what's next?
I walk into my bathroom

and I find him shitting
on my toothbrush?

- Louis, we talked about this.

If you let this
overwhelm you,

you're going to bring about
the thing you're most afraid of.

- Did you hear me?

He was in my mud.

How the hell am I not supposed
to let that overwhelm me?

- Well...

Has it occurred to you

that instead of worrying
this Alex person

is going to come between you
and Harvey,

you could use this
as an opportunity

to make a new friend?

- That's the dumbest thing
I've ever heard.

- Be that as it may,

as I see it,

you have a chance to have
one more friend

or one less friend.

I suggest you go with one more.

- Donna.
- Rachel.

Can I get you two
anything?

Coffee, tea, a copy of your
article in the "Sunday times"?

- Don't need it. Read it
yesterday. Have one at home.

- And by one, he means ten.

- Are you sure you don't want to
take just one more look at it?

- I'm good.
Thanks, Donna.

- Okeydokey.

You have a nice day.

- Something's going on with her,
i can tell.

- What do you mean?

- You telling me you didn't
notice that grin on her face?

- Rachel, you've known Donna
longer than I have,

but I didn't see a grin.

I'm telling you,
i think you're imagining it.

- Right. Totally imagined it.

Harvey.
- Rachel.

You know,
black can be slimming.

Something to think about
next time.

- I take it this is your
way of apologizing

for saying you never
should've hired me back.

- And it gave me a chance to say
the slimming thing.

Sorry, Mike.

- You had a point, Harvey.

This is the radiant
technologies merger.

- Yep. Back to one for me.

- Great, except you don't
need me for this.

Deal's done.
They sign tomorrow.

- Which is why klein Robinson
thought that I wouldn't mind

if they put a few last-minute
changes in the contract.

- And a few last-minute changes
means they're trying to pull

some last-minute bullshit.

- Now that sounds like
the impressive young lawyer

I read about in the article.

Why don't you figure out
what they're trying to do?

And get it done by lunch.

- Who says I need slimming?

- Don't be hostile.

Don't be hostile.

- Louis, what are you doing?

- What?
- Leave him alone.

It's his first day.

- No, Donna, it's not like that.
I come in peace.

- You swear?

- Yes, I brought him
a living thing.

- Is it poisonous?
- No, Donna, it is not.

- Okay. Well, I got
my eyes on you.

And that plant.

Don't be hostile.

Alex Williams, Louis litt.

I brought you a honeysuckle.

- Excuse me?

- It's a gesture, since we
might've gotten off

on the wrong foot.

- You mean because you tried
to poach my biggest client

and keep me from joining
the firm?

- Yes, perhaps that's the foot
we got off on.

But I was hoping we could
get onto other foot.

Here.

- I appreciate the gesture,
Louis.

- By the way, your work on the
andersen case was extraordinary.

- You followed my andersen work?

- Yes. In fact, it reminded me
of my pricehouse strategy.

- Truth be told, I based it
on your pricehouse strategy.

- Get the f--well then, you took
it to a whole other level.

Thank you, Louis.

- I'm sorry about the poaching.

- Don't worry about it.

- Hey, would you
like to grab lunch?

Eating at your desk is no way to
celebrate your first day.

- You're right, it's not.

- I'll meet you at the lobby
at 1:00.

- Sounds good.
And thanks for the plant.

- You're welcome.

I don't know if you care
about this, but cats love it.

- Oh, I know.
We've got two tabbies at home

that are gonna go crazy
over that bad boy.

- Tabbies?
- Yup.

- Holy shit, I'm gonna make
a reservation

at the best restaurant
in the city, you... bff, you.

Son of a bitch.

- Mr. reyes?

- Yes.
- Mike Ross.

They said you
wanted to see me?

- Yes, thank you for
taking the time.

- Of course.

- I read your interview
yesterday.

And my son was
in prison too.

But unlike you,

he didn't make it out.

- This says your son died
of a heart attack.

-Yes, a heart attack out
of nowhere.

- You think they're
hiding something.

- Well, they won't
take my calls

or answer my letters.

What would you think?

- I'd think that there
might be something wrong.

But that doesn't
mean that there is.

- Mr. Ross, my son
was 28 years old.

And he was up for
parole next month.

There's something
they're not telling me.

- All right,
I'll look into it.

Um, but I'm not gonna be able
to get to this for a few days.

- A few days.
Why can't you start now?

- Because I have a deal
with my firm that allows me

to do cases like this,
but not only cases like this.

And right now, I'm in the middle
of something else.

- Mr. Ross, the last
lawyer I talked to

said there was some kind
of a statute

that says I only have another
two weeks to file a lawsuit.

- And I'm telling you, two weeks
should be more than enough time,

but i--i can't drop everything
just to take your case.

- I understand.

But...

Chris was caught with
an ounce of marijuana.

He never should have been there
in the first place.

And if time runs out on this

and I couldn't get him
justice...

- Okay.

I'll see what I can do.

- Stephanie, we need to talk
about this assignment.

- Is there a problem with it?

- Yes, the problem is
you didn't do it.

Jason did.

- Because Jason is better at
cataloging procedure than I am.

- Right, but if you don't do
the things you're not good at,

you'll never get better.

- The thing is, I don't really
want to get better

at cataloging procedure.

- I know that, just like
i didn't want to be a paralegal

specializing in research for
as long as I was.

But it turns out we
had a case last year

that we only won because I was
outstanding at research.

- Okay, I see your point.

I won't do it again.
- Good.

Because I have another case
that requires some procedure

to be catalogued, and I put it
aside especially for you.

But Stephanie, I want your word

that you won't pawn
it off on Jason.

- You have my word.

- Well, look who it is.

Don't tell me, you feel bad
about canceling the other night

and now you're dying
to make it up to me.

- It's as though you read
my mind.

- One of my many skills.

- How does dinner tonight sound?

- How does having it
at my place sound?

- You're a crafty one,
aren't you?

- What? I've got some steaks

I've been wanting to throw
on the grill.

- No, you want to have dinner
at your place

'cause it's the closest
restaurant in the city

to your bedroom.

- Did you read that
in "zagat's"?

- No, I read your mind.

- Then what time am I thinking?

How about 8:00?

- Better make it 8:30.
I got to go buy some steaks.

Good, you're here.

Tell me you figured out
what bullshit they're trying

to sneak into this deal.

- They're not trying to sneak
anything into it.

They're trying to
get out of it.

- That doesn't make sense.
They came to us for this merger.

- They must've gotten
a better offer,

because they buried
an escape clause

in the addendum.

- You know what we have to do.
- Yes, I do.

But you're gonna have
to do it without me.

Something's come up,
it's on a deadline,

and I need to take care of it.

- What kind of thing?
- A pro bono thing.

- Since when does one for me
mean two for you?

- Harvey, a man died in prison
and it doesn't smell right.

Also, the only reason I found
out about it is

I took your advice
and did that interview.

- So it's my fault
that you're dropping my case?

- Yeah, I like to look at it
that way.

- Seriously, go get 'em.

- Thanks, Harvey.

- The last guy brought me
a plant.

- Let me guess,
the last guy was Louis.

- You got it.
- Well, I guarantee

my welcome gift is a lot
more fun than his.

- Since when is a merger
signing fun?

- Since the guys on the other
side are trying to rip us off

and think we don't know.

- Why didn't you tell me that in
the first place?

- Come on. I'll fill you in
on the way over.

- Wait, the meeting's now?

- Yeah, is that a problem?

- I told Louis we'd get lunch.

- Business trumps lunch.
Louis'll understand.

Just call him
and let him know.

- Alex, hi, I was just on my way
to meet you.

- About that, Louis.
I have to reschedule.

A work thing came up.
I hope you understand.

- Yeah, of course.

Business comes first.
- Thanks.

We'll do it another time.
In fact, I'm free all week.

Louis? You okay?

- Uh, yeah, I'm okay.

I, uh--
it's allergy season.

I--i think it's probably best
that we don't have lunch today.

I, uh--my--my chest
feels like a vice.

- All good?

- I think so.

- What kind of plant
did he get you, anyway?

- Honeysuckle.
- Huh.

I never knew that
was an indoor plant.

- Can be.

Matter of fact, our cats
are gonna love it.

- You have cats?
- Why you gotta be like that?

- Why you gotta have cats?
- I like my cats.

- No, you don't.

- Ms. snyder? Mike Ross.

- Is that name supposed to mean
something to me?

- No, but I'm representing
the family of Chris reyes.

Hoping that name does.

- Of course.

Any time an inmate dies,

we take it very seriously.

- But not seriously enough to
give an accounting of his death

despite repeated requests
by his family.

- I received no such requests.

It's a shame you didn't
call first.

I could've prepared
something.

- I didn't want you
to be prepared,

'cause I want to know what
actually happened.

- Mr. Ross,
when you do what I do,

you get used to people assuming
the worst about your company,

so I would appreciate
a little respect.

- Ms. snyder, when
you do what I do,

you get used to companies
proving you right,

so I would appreciate
a little action.

- Apparently Mr. reyes
was in a fight.

He was sent to solitary,
where he complained

of difficulty breathing.

A doctor was called
and delivered treatment.

Unfortunately, he died
a few hours later.

- Well, if he was in a fight,

there has to be
an incident report.

- That may be, but you have
no right to access it.

We're a private corporation.
That's privileged.

- Okay, then how about
you give me

the names of the guards
who saw it?

- You know I can't give you
that either.

- And you know that if I bring
a suit against you,

I'm gonna get all
of this anyway.

So why don't you save yourself
the publicity

and just give it to me now?

- I don't care what that
thing says.

It's not the whole story.

- Mr. reyes, I know this isn't
what you wanted to hear,

but I'm not seeing a case.

- It says there that my son

died alone in solitary
confinement.

Why didn't they take him
to an infirmary?

- Because he was seen
by a doctor.

There was an explanation
for his symptoms.

- I know you think
I'm just a man

who can't accept
his child's death.

But that's not true.

- Mr. reyes, a fight in prison
can elevate your heart rate.

Nobody knows that
better than I do.

What they're saying happened
is plausible.

- Then you didn't know my son.

I told you, he was up
for parole next month.

He wouldn't have gotten
into a fight.

- What exactly are you saying?

- One of those inmates

must have come for him.

And that prison didn't give
enough of a shit about Chris

to protect him.

- Mr. reyes, I know that
you came to me

because that article said
i wanted to help people

and I do, but...

- I know.
My son's already dead.

But if they could've
stopped this and they didn't,

it's going to happen again.

- chase, I'd like you to meet
our newest senior partner,

Alex Williams.

- Two senior partners just
to sign a contract.

Seems excessive.

- It would be, but we're
not here to sign anything.

- What are you talking about?

- He must think I'm pretty dumb.

- People always underestimate
a pretty face.

- Maybe he just thinks
you're dumb.

'Cause of the droopy eyes.

- Valid theory.
Not unprecedented.

- Nobody thinks you're dumb.

- Then why the hell did you
sneak this clause

to the back of my
goddamn contract?

- We didn't sneak anything.

We were just looking
at our options.

- Bullshit. You're trying
to use us as a stalking horse

so you can merge with gorban.

- So what if I was?

What are you going to do
to stop it?

- I'll tell you what I did.
I called Alex.

- And what I did was call my
law school roommate at the DOJ

about the anti-trust issues
raised by you

merging with gorban.

- What do you want?

- We want you to live up
to the terms

of the original agreement.
- With one exception.

- You're gonna
take a step down.

- I'm not stepping down.
- Yes, you are.

This new company doesn't need
two outside counsels.

- Particularly one who tries
to pull shady shit

without his client
knowing about it.

- Looks like you're gonna
take one for the team, chase.

The question is, would you like
to bow out or get kicked out?

- how the hell
can I calm down?

I was watching my mud-mare
come true.

- You don't know
what you saw, Louis.

- I'm sorry, I forgot
I was blind.

I must've dialed your number
using my braille-a-phone.

- You know that's not
what I meant.

- No, you're right,
it's the only explanation

as to why I wouldn't
know what I just saw,

which was Harvey and Alex,
arm in arm, laughing at me!

- Louis, listen to me.

We knew this was
going to happen.

- That I was gonna be betrayed
by my best friend?

- No, that you were going to try
to be good--

- did it.
- Try not to be you.

- Accomplished.
- Then perceive

a potentially
nonexistent slight

and go straight
to stage seven.

- What the hell are you
talking about?

- Panic, sorrow, self-loathing,

hatred, justification,
self-loathing again, and rage.

I call it
the seven stages of Louis.

- You are so full of shit,

and you're a total fraud,
and I'm actually gonna--

ah, uh, I see your point.

- Stage 7b.

- No one likes a gloater, Stan.

- Be that as it may.

You need a strategy, Louis.

For now and the next time
this happens.

The breathing exercises.

- It's the only thing
that's ever worked for you.

- what would I do
without you, doc?

- No need to go down
that road, my friend.

Now, picture yourself near
the ocean,

laying in the sand.

Isn't it lovely?

- I got to say,
that was pretty fun.

- I agree.

I always wanted to pretend I had
a friend at the DOJ.

- Not a bad first day.

- Speaking of my first day,

what's up with that
Louis litt guy?

- What do you mean?
- I don't know.

First he tries to stop me
from coming over,

then he brings me a plant,

then when I called
to cancel lunch,

I could've sworn he was
about to cry or something.

What?

- Louis is...

He's complicated.

- What do you mean,
complicated?

- Well, you know he didn't
want you here, right?

The thing is,
it wasn't professional.

- What else could it be?

- He was worried that
i was gonna be

better friends
with you than him.

- What the hell
is wrong with this guy?

Does he have a crush on you?

- No.

Yeah, he totally
has a crush on me.

But not like that.

Maybe this'll work.
You ever seen "mash"?

- Of course, but what does that
have to do with this?

- Louis is frank burns.

- Oh.

Why didn't you say so
in the first place?

Now I totally get it.

- You sure?
- Yeah.

He loves you, hates you,
and wants to be you,

all at the same time.

- Huh, you do get it.

- Yeah, I do.
The question is,

are you sure he's gonna
be okay with me,

or do I have to watch out?

- Well, let me ask you this.

Did you tell him your cats
are gonna love his honeysuckle?

- Yes.

- Then I think
you'll be fine.

- Excuse me.
You guys know Chris reyes?

- Doesn't ring a bell.

- That's strange, 'cause
according to the incident report

the three of you were on duty
the night he died.

- Even if I were, I wouldn't
have anything to say about it,

so you can get the fu--
out of here.

- Hey, come on. I just have
a few questions, that's all.

- This is a prison.

All questions go through
the main office.

- Where do you think
i got your names?

- I don't give a shit
where you got 'em.

You're gonna forget
you ever heard 'em.

And if I see your face again,
there's gonna be a problem.

- Okay, look, I'm not trying
to start any trouble here.

But a man is dead, and I need
to find out what happened.

- For a guy who's not looking
to cause any trouble,

you sure don't listen too good.

- Come on, drew.
Let's go.

That's what he wants.

I'm telling you,
he's not worth it.

- you're one of those assholes
who just love

getting the shit beat
out of him, aren't you?

- No, I've had the shit
beat out of me,

and I can tell you,
i didn't love it at all.

- Then you better get the hell
out of here

before it happens again.

- I will, just as soon
as you answer my questions.

- And why would I do that?

- Because your name is
at the top of the list,

and I'm guessing
you know what that means.

- Yeah, I'm the scapegoat.

But it also means anything they
get, they know it came from me.

- Except you just told me
to go to hell

in front of all your buddies,

and they saw you meant it.

- That's why you came to me
at the prison.

- Now you got cover.

And I suggest you use it.

Because I am gonna find out
what happened here,

and when I do, they are gonna
shield themselves from liability

and I am gonna end up
coming after you instead.

Or you can tell me
what I need to know,

and I'll leave you out of it.

- I'm the one who pulled him
out of the fight

and threw him in the hole.

He started complaining saying he
was having problems breathing.

I told my supervisor, and my
supervisor said he was gonna

call the doctor.

That's all I know.
- Bullshit that's all you know.

Look, did Chris get killed
because he was onto something?

- No.
- Well, that kid,

he didn't just up and get
in a fight without good reason.

- You don't know what
you're talking about.

- Look, are the guards corrupt?

- What the hell
did you just say?

- Was somebody out to get him?
- No, he just died!

Look, there's no conspiracy.

Nobody's evil.

Just cheap.

- What does that mean?

- It means the only reason they
were able to wale on him

for as long as they did is
'cause they didn't have

enough of us on duty that night,

'cause the prison doesn't give
a shit about anything

except its bottom line.

- So what did you do?

- So I told him he could
have the money,

but if--if he tried
taking those albums,

we're gonna have trouble.

Torrent downloaded from RARBG

This was lovely.

But I have an early
morning tomorrow.

I think I should get home.

- Paula, what's going on?

- It's nothing.

Really.
- Nothing?

We had a great night.

All of a sudden
you have to go?

- You wouldn't understand.

- Try me.

- I had lunch with the woman who
was my mentor today.

And we were having
a wonderful time

catching up with each other,

and then... out of the blue,

she asked me if i
was seeing anyone.

I said no.

- Well, we haven't exactly
been seeing each other

for very long.
It's understandable if you--

- no, it wasn't that, Harvey.

It's that I felt a little...
- What?

- Ashamed.

- Ashamed.

- This isn't a small thing,
what we're doing, Harvey.

At least it's not to me.
- It's not to me either.

- Well, I'm not sure I realized
exactly how not small it is

until today.

- I don't understand.
We've been over this.

It's in writing.

There's no violation with
us seeing each other.

- This isn't something that I am

trying to get away with,
Harvey.

It's how I'm feeling inside.

- So what are you saying?
- I'm not saying anything.

I'm just saying I think I should
sleep at my place tonight.

- Donna, I need to talk to you
about something.

- About what?

- About the fact that
I'm pissed off.

- What's going on?

- I gave Stephanie patel
an assignment

and she handed it off.

- Did you talk to her about it?

- Yes, I did, and she
gave me her word

that she would never
do it again, but she did.

- I don't understand.
This has Stephanie's name on it.

- I don't care whose
name is on it.

There's no way that
that wasn't written

by a first-year associate.

- Rachel, please tell me you're
not thinking

about going to Louis with this.

- Are you kidding me?

We took Louis off the associates

because of his
incident with Stephanie.

If I tell him that she's being
insubordinate, he'll kill her.

- Well, I can't believe
I'm saying this,

but maybe you should take a page
out of Louis' book.

- What do you mean?

- When Louis first took over
the associates,

he used to plant a fake
associate and fire him

in front of the entire class
on day one.

And I used to think
he was crazy,

but Stephanie never would have
pulled something like this

with Louis.
- Okay, first of all,

that's just not
how I operate.

And second of all,
they've all been here.

They'd all be able to tell
that it was fake.

- Then maybe you need
to real fire her.

Because this is a second offense
and if you keep letting it go,

where does it end?

- I'm not gonna do that.

- Do you mind if I ask you
why not?

- Because I don't want my
first official act

to be firing someone.
- I understand that, Rachel.

But you better think
of something.

Because the one thing
that Louis understood

was that you've got to come out
of the gate in command,

or they're gonna
walk all over you.

- yes?

- Mr. reyes, it's Mike Ross.

I went to the prison, and i
talked to one of the guards.

- What did he say?

- He said all the prison cares
about is their bottom line.

So I'm filing a lawsuit tonight.

- Thank you so much, Mr. Ross.

I thought that article was maybe
too good to be true.

- I appreciate that, Oscar,
but don't thank me

until I get you
the answers you're looking for.

- you finished
the paperwork already?

I might have to give you
a raise.

- Save your money, Harvey.

I'm here about something else.

- What's going on?

- I just heard Mike Ross
is handling a pro bono.

- Yeah, we have a deal. Why?
You need him for something?

- Yeah, I need him
to drop that case.

- Why?

- Because there's a conflict
with Masterson construction.

- Mike's pro bono is against
some prison.

- And guess who builds
those prisons.

- Wait a second.

Are you telling me to go
back on my word

because your client's
bullying you?

- Harvey, I thought
we were in this together.

- So did I.
- Then get on board.

Because they're not
just any client.

They're one of my biggest.

And if they leave
because you chose some prisoner

over one of the biggest
developers in the country,

people are gonna get the message

that we don't want to be
in the real estate business.

- Did they say they were gonna
give people that message?

- Harvey--
- did they or not?

- They did.
- Drop 'em.

- God damn it--
- I said drop 'em.

- No.
- Excuse me?

- I may not be name partner yet,

but you don't get to tell me
who my clients are.

- Yes, I do.

- Harvey, listen to yourself.

It's one pro bono.
He just took it.

He can drop it.

- I gave him my word.

- And you once gave
your word to me

and went back on it
and I let it go.

Because I understood
it was business.

If this kid doesn't get that,
what the hell is he doing here?

- Stephanie, I asked you to come
to my office.

That was over an hour ago.

- I was working on
the sanderson brief.

I was about to come down.

- Well, I need to talk
to you now,

because you told me that
you wouldn't hand this off,

and you did.

- No, I told you that I wouldn't
hand it off to Jason,

and I didn't.

- I'm sorry, are you trying
to get out of this

on a technicality?

I'm your supervisor,
not opposing counsel.

- Rachel, I tried to be nice
about this,

but I'm a fourth-year associate,

and I'm not wasting my time

on something a first-year
could handle.

Now, if you don't mind, I would
like to get back to work.

- Actually, I do mind.

Excuse me, Stephanie,
I'm speaking to you.

It doesn't matter
what year you are.

I'm head of the associates.

If I give you an assignment,
you do it.

- And when you give me one
that's worth my time, I will.

- What's going on here?

- Donna, I'm handling it.

- What's going on is
that I am a grown woman,

and I don't need to be
told what to do by someone

with less experience
as a lawyer than me.

- Then you're really gonna
hate being told what to do

by someone with no experience
as a lawyer.

- Donna--
- excuse me?

- I said, you're here,
and I'm here.

So unless you want
to deal with me,

you'll listen when Rachel
tells you something.

- I was recruited to come here.

And I was told that
i would be valued

for my mind, my billings,

and my relationship
with my clients.

And since I got here,

I have had to take shit
from Louis.

And now you're asking me
to waste my time and my ability

on something like this.

- Okay--
- you're right, Stephanie.

You shouldn't have been
treated like that by Louis.

And Rachel and i
took care of it.

Now as for your
time and ability,

if you don't do whatever
assignment Rachel gives you,

I don't give a shit
how good you are.

We are gonna show you the door.

- Hey. Did you come by
to tell me

that the work I did
saved your ass?

- It did, but that's
not why I'm here.

- Harvey, what's going on?

- You have to drop
your pro bono.

There's a conflict with one
of our clients.

- What? Who?
I checked for conflicts

before I took the case.

- It's a new client.
- Well, if it's a new client,

then let's drop them.

- We can't.
They're a huge developer.

- A developer?
I'm suing a prison.

- I know that,
but they're saying--

- I don't care what
they're saying.

That's not a conflict.
That's a shakedown.

- Mike--
- no.

You're gonna give me
the green light,

and then I find something,

and then you're gonna make me
dump them for no good reason?

- It's not no good reason.

It's Alex's developer,
and I just brought him in.

I let him lose one
of his biggest clients

his first week here,
it's a disaster.

- And I let a man die
without getting him justice.

What the hell is that?
- Listen to me--

- listen to yourself.
We had a deal.

Now this clown is asking me
to drop a client

that I made a promise to.

- Except he's not asking you
to drop him, Mike.

I am. And if you don't,
that deal we made--it's over.

- How could you do that?

- Do what? I was helping you.

- No, Donna, you were
undermining me.

- Undermining you?

You needed backup.
That's what I'm here for.

- No, I needed to handle
the situation,

which is what I was doing
until you decided to interfere

in something that you don't
know anything about.

- No offense, Rachel, but I did
know something about it,

and from what I could tell,
you weren't handling it at all.

- And you think what you did
was any better?

- I think I told you that you
need to set the tone early on.

- Okay, and the tone
that you just set

is that if you're not there,
she can walk all over me.

- Well, I don't know
what room you were in,

but she was doing that anyway.

And what does it say about me
if the other associates

see me letting her do that?

- What it says is that you
trust my leadership style

instead of thinking that you
need to fight my fights for me.

- Stephanie needed
what I gave her.

And if you think that was
me fighting your fights,

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

Because if it were up to me,

I would've fired her
on the spot.

- Well then, why didn't you?

- Because they're not
my associates.

- You're right.
They're mine.

- And I fought for you
to get them.

- And you just belittled me

and embarrassed me
in front of all of them.

And that is not something that I

thought my friend
would do to me.

- Well, you know what, I never
thought I would say this,

but maybe you weren't
ready for your new position.

- Well, you know what, Donna?

Maybe neither were you.

- Dr. lipschitz, I, uh--
i know you're in a session.

I just wanted to say
that you were right.

Uh, I was overreacting.

I do not have a problem
with Alex.

And, uh, if I ever
get triggered again,

I have the deep breathing.

Anyway, thanks again.

Auf wiedersehen.

Mike.

It's good to see you.

This'll just take a few minutes,
and then it's all yours.

- No, it doesn't matter
how long it takes, Louis.

We can just charge the time
back to some client, right?

'Cause nobody around here
gives a shit about anything

other than making money anyway.

- Mike, what is going on?

- What's going on is that
the only reason I came back here

is that Harvey and i
made a deal,

and it hasn't even
been a week,

and he's already going
back on it.

- Whoa, whoa, whoa, that's not
gonna happen on my watch.

Okay? So just slow down.

Tell me what the hell
you're talking about.

Harvey, we need to talk.

Mike just told me you're
breaking a deal with him.

- Well, he shouldn't have
told you that,

because that's none
of your business.

- None of my business?

My name's on the wall
as much as yours.

- Look, if Mike
doesn't drop that case,

we lose a major client.

I can't have that.
- No, Harvey.

What we can't have is
you setting a precedent

that Alex's clients can run
roughshod all over us.

- Keep your voices down.

- Oh, I get it.

So this isn't about me
breaking my deal with Mike.

This is about you being
jealous of Alex.

- No, it isn't.
I thought it was a mistake

even before I found out
that it was Alex's client.

- Harvey, he has a point.
- Bullshit.

You told me you were afraid
that I was gonna become

better friends with him than
you, and that's what this is.

- How dare you say that to me in
front of Donna?

I told you that in
complete confidence.

This isn't about my
relationship with Alex.

This is about your
relationship with Alex

and how you're afraid
to stand up to him.

- You want to run that
by me again?

- I just ran it by you.

What you are doing
is a mistake.

- I don't think so,

and Donna doesn't think so,
which means--

- actually, Harvey, I do.

And if it's all the same to you,
i can speak for myself.

- Are you kidding me?
- No, I'm not.

Because the last time you said
if I had something to say,

say it in the goddamn meeting.

Well, this is the goddamn
meeting.

And I happen to think we should
keep our word to Mike

instead of letting some client
bully us.

- Well, I appreciate the input.

But I told you you'd
get a vote

when I said there'd be a vote,

and this isn't a vote.

As for you, take a look
in the mirror,

because the only reason
that you're pissed about this

is your new honeysuckle friend
canceled lunch on you for me.

- Louis...

- Aren't you a little old to be
spending your break

in a comic book store?

- Everybody has their
hobbies, Mike.

Mine's comics.

Yours is helping big
corporations

screw over the little guy.

- Oliver, wait.

I just, I came here
because I owe you an apology,

and...
This is my way of doing it.

- What's that?

More money
to make everything okay?

- It's a case.
It's one that means a lot to me.

It's about a guy
who died in prison.

- If it means so much to you,
why don't you do it yourself?

- I can't.

We have a conflict
with one of our clients.

- Well, that's a nice speech,
Mike, but I'm not interested,

because there's something in it
for you, like always.

- Oliver, please,
look, before you say no,

just listen
to what I have to say.

- I don't need to listen
to you anymore.

- God damn it,
i almost died in there.

- What?

- My second night in danbury,

I thought
that someone was gonna kill me.

And then my last night,

I knew that same guy
was coming for me again.

But I got out.

This kid didn't.

The only thing
that's in this for me

is making sure that this
doesn't happen to someone else.

- this seems
pretty cut-and-dry, Mike.

- That's how they want it
to look.

I already know they didn't have
enough guard staff

on duty that night.

- Which means
they probably didn't have

enough medical staff either.

- Or maybe none at all.

Look, I can't let them
get away with this

without handing it off
to the one lawyer

I know cares enough
to see it through.

- okay, Mike.

I'm in.

- Donna, whatever it is--
- Rachel, I'm so sorry.

What I did was wrong
and horrible

and showed you no respect,

and then you came
and tried to tell me that,

and I made it
a thousand times worse.

- Why would you do something
like that in the first place?

- 'Cause I'm new at this.

Then I saw Stephanie
treating you like shit,

and it felt like
she was doing that to me.

- Because you're the one
that gave me the job.

- Maybe.

And then you told me
i cut your legs out,

and that made me
feel even worse,

and I took it out on you.

- Donna--
- Rachel, you were right.

I'm not completely ready
for this.

And I'm not always
gonna get things right,

and I got them
really wrong today.

- Maybe not all wrong.

- What do you mean?

- I thought about it too.

I am finally a member
of the bar.

I don't want to supervise
anyone right now.

I just want to be
the best lawyer I can be.

- I understand.

I'll take care of
the associates for now.

- Donna.

What made you realize all that?

- Let's just say

I was reminded
what it feels like

when someone speaks for you
and what they're saying

is the complete opposite
of what you wanted to say.

- Louis?
- Harvey.

- The one who gave you
your new position.

- Exactly.

- I'm so sorry, Donna.

- I'm sorry too, Rachel.

- Harvey, it's late.
Whatever it is--

- did you pawn that thing off
to the clinic?

- You asked me to drop it,
so I dropped it.

- Bullshit.

You gave it to the clinic
you're affiliated with.

- The clinic you told me
i could give cases to

at my discretion.

- Maybe you missed the memo.

If our firm is in any way
associated with that case,

we lose a huge client.

- Harvey, I'm not working on it.

- Then you're gonna put that
in writing,

and you're gonna deliver it
to Alex's client.

Ironclad Chinese wall.

You have nothing to do
with this case.

- Are you saying
you don't trust me?

- You saying you didn't know
what you were doing

when you gave it to the clinic?

- Okay, Harvey.

I'll put it in writing.

- I want you word
you're gonna live

by what you sign.

- you have my word.

- you wanted to see me?

- Yes, I did,
i was just wondering,

have you redone the assignment
that Rachel gave you?

- Not yet.

I had a ton on my plate.

I was gonna get to it tomorrow.

- You're fired.

- Please,
i-i really was going to do it.

- I believe you.

But my rule is
three strikes and you're out.

Otherwise, where does it end?

- In that case,
why not do this publicly?

- I don't need to do this
publicly, Stephanie.

When you're not here tomorrow,
people will know what happened.

But I do want you to know,
i wish you well.

- Do you expect me
to believe that?

- I don't know.

But it's true.

- before you say anything,

I came here for a reason.

Because this is where we met,

but it isn't where
i need to be anymore.

- Harvey, I don't think--

- I just have one question
to ask you.

Are you worried about
what this woman's gonna think

or because you think
what we're doing is wrong?

Because if this is just about
what other people think,

it's crazy.

- Well, it isn't crazy to me,

and I need you
to understand that.

- I do understand that,

but I also know
we have a connection,

and to throw that away

because of some figment
of your imagination--

- it is not a figment
of my imagination.

And I'm not worried
about what she thinks.

I am worried about what I think.
- And what is it that you think?

- That what if this was
a terrible mistake

and it doesn't work out

and I look like a fool?

- Okay.

I know
I'm not the therapist here,

but isn't that the risk
of any relationship?

- I'm scared, Harvey.

- Me too.

what do you say
we both be scared together?

- can I help you?

- Yeah.

My name is Mike Ross.

- I would say nice to meet you,

but I'm pretty sure
you don't feel the same way.

- Not particularly.

- What's this?

- My next 15 potential lawsuits.

I just want to make sure
you don't have any conflicts

with any of these.

Maybe your client's grandmother

shops at the supermarket

across the street
from number 12.

- I'll take a look.

- Good, 'cause just to be clear,

if I'd known
there was a conflict,

I never would've taken the case.

- I appreciate you dropping it.

- I was bulldozed
into dropping it,

just like I was bulldozed
into signing this.

Now, I can live with
both those things,

but I never want to get caught
in this situation again.

What's so funny?

- I just told my client
the same damn thing.

- Bullshit.

- You think
this makes me look good?

- Well then I guess we're in
the same boat after all.

- it's nice to meet you, Mike.

- Welcome
to Pearson specter litt.

- you said I needed a strategy
for when it happened.

Well, I used your strategy,
and I got over it,

but it didn't fix
a goddamn thing!

- Louis, calm down.
I'm here for you.

- No, you're not!
You're never there for me.

You're always against me.

I did what you said,

and this time,
it's not my fault.

And I don't give a shit
what you think.

I'm not the horrible person
you always say I am.

- Louis, I don't think
you're a horrible person.

I think
you're a wonderful person.

And if I haven't made
that clear to you,

I am very sorry.

- Well, you can be sorry
all you want, Harvey.

- Louis?
- But you are wrong about me.

I'm not
a worthless piece of shit.

You failed me.

And you were wrong.

You were wrong!