The Good Wife (2009–2016): Season 2, Episode 5 - VIP Treatment - full transcript

Previously on The Good Wife

Elisha put in a lot of hours with Will

You're right, I don't have a plan

Lets just drop this. OK?

He told me to drop it.

Anything said in
voicemail doesn't count.

Tonight I would like to
announce a new candidate

for state's attorney.

Wendy Scott-Carr.

Thank you so much.

I-I don't want to take up a lot
of your time. I just, um...



I could say that I was running

because of some grand ideals,

but, um, it's really...

It's about a fountain.

I have two daughters, and

there was this fountain
near the courthouse

that I used to love,

so I took them to see it,

and, uh, it wasn't running.

Who's Wendy Scott-Carr?

So, I went to maintenance...

No, I know that. What else?

...but they said
that the contractor

had an exclusive deal
with an alderman,



and he told me that there were
no more funds available...

We need to check on
our endorsements.

...the money had disappeared...

Who is she?

Civil Action Bureau, low level.

Oh. Her grandad was at Selma.

How do you cut through
the layers of corruption?

How do we get the
fountain working again?

Thank you.

The Tribune's over there.

Come on, let's do a drop-by quote.

And now, as dinner is served,

Steppenwolf Theatre
will entertain us

with scenes from their hit play,
The Cow With No Country.

Three-pointer.

Who, Derrick Rose?

Bulls up by eight.

Moo-Cow, come back!

You're the best moo-cow
in the whole world,

and I love you.

You're not just a cow.

You're my best friend, Moo-Cow.

Good stuff.

So how do you know Will?

My sister. She used to date him.

Really?

Okay.

He broke her heart.
It was devastating.

We don't really need to go there.

Now we have to go there.

She took 20 aspirin.

We had to get her stomach pumped.

She's making this up.

Will came home from college
and told her it was over.

He'd fallen in love
with somebody else. Oh.

So you're here for revenge? Yup.

My sister's avenging angel.

Going to date him
and break his heart.

I'll toy with him first.

Make him think his jokes are funny.

My jokes aren't funny?

Please don't take Moo-Cow
to the front lines. Please!

I'll find you, Moo. I'll end this,

and I'll find you.

Sorry to interrupt.

What is it?

There's someone at the office
who needs to speak to you.

Your phone was off.

Who, a client? No.

Uh, she says she was
just sexually assaulted.

Did she go to the police?

Yes.

They refused to prosecute.

Did she have a rape
kit administered?

No. It's not...

It's inappropriate contact.

Okay, so...

take her name and number,
and I'll phone her tomorrow.

Actually, I really think

you want to come
talk to her now. Why?

Because of the person
she said did it.

And you believe her?

Enough.

His leg is broken.
We'll have to put him

out of his misery.

Um, excuse me. I'm just...

I'm gonna run across the
street for a minute.

Is everything all right?

Oh, yes. Can you just let
Peter know I'll be right back?

I've been wandering for weeks.

My ears.

I can't hear.

Where are you, Moo-Cow?

Are you there?

Are you there?!

Hello. Miss White, is it?

Yes. Hi.

Wow, it is you, isn't it?

They said that you worked here.

Yes.

Um, so I've been filled
in on your... issue,

and I just want to make sure...

Actually, could you tell me
where this assault took place?

In his hotel room.

Oh. You were visiting him?

Yes.

Uh, no.

The hotel sent me.

I'm a LMT.

A...?

A licensed massage therapist.

Ah.

Uh, I was giving him a massage.

Okay, I know that this sounds nuts.

Um, I like him.

I do.

I mean, what he does in Africa

on account of women.

And then he does... this.

And you want to bring charges?

Yeah.

I went to the police,
and they, um...

I guess I sounded nuts, so

I came here... 'cause of you.

What hotel was this at?

The Foreland.

And you happen to
remember what room number?

906...

Though I think he had two rooms.

Miss White, you do know that
all we can do is bring suit.

We're lawyers.
We're not the police.

But at least...

At least I don't feel crazy here.

When did this assault take place?

I got to his room at 1:00.

The session is an hour.

I have the time on the bill,
if that helps.

Can I see it?

Yes, of course.

And what happened over here?

Um, he... Uh, he did that.

Here.

$650.

That's how much a massage costs?

For a VIP? Yes.

And is that a big tip?

Yeah. Very big.

Will you excuse me for a moment?

He's not there.

There's a Mr. Harbour in room 906.

Okay. Thanks.

I'm kind of relieved.

It was going to be a long night.

Yeah. I can deal with her.

No, I got it.

Okay, Miss White,

thank you so much for
coming in, but, um,

we don't handle... cases like this.

I'm sorry. What happened?

No. Nothing.

It's just, we have to be cautious

about what kind of cases we take.

He got to you, didn't he?

No, but thank you for coming in.

He's not under his own
name at the hotel.

He's under an alias.

Like a movie star.

What name?

Mr. Harbour.

Joe Kent?

The Nobel Prize-winning Joe Kent?

Yes. He's under an assumed
name at the Foreland.

I didn't even know he was in town.

He's speaking at NOW tomorrow.

And the state's attorney
isn't prosecuting?

That's what she says.

I'm still trying to find out why.

I don't believe it.

He is being awarded
the Nobel Peace Prize

for his work with women.

He's one of the most respected
Americans in the world.

So, what do we do?

Do you believe her?

She seems...

calmer than I would expect,

but this tip she got-- it's just...

Okay, why don't Derrick
and I go talk to her?

Just a few quick questions.

We'll be right back.

No. I'm-I'm fine.

Lockhart, Gardner.

Yes.

I already said.

11:00.

Bye. Do you have someplace to go?

No, uh...

Well, I mean, yes, but later.

Someone at the police station
phoned these creeps--

uh, Carpton & Greene.

Do you know them?

The law firm. Yes.

We take this and we're wrong--
we lose half our client list.

We take this and we're right--

then it's big.

Financially big.

Is she all right?

Yes.

Carpton & Greene phoned her.

They want her if we don't.

Tread lightly, gentlemen.

She's meeting them at 11:00.

11:00 tomorrow?

No, tonight.

I'll get Kalinda.

I'll get Blake.

Great.

Four hours to decide

if we sue the most beloved
Democrat in America.

To be honest I don't think of myself

as the African-American candidate

or as the woman candidate.

The question is what the Democratic
Committee will think of you.

Well, my guess is,

they'll think of me
as the loose cannon.

I just stood up there and said
they were part of the problem.

Hello, Eli.

Mr. Jordan.

Wendy, this is Mr.
Florrick's campaign manager.

Yes, I know of Mr. Gold.
We've never met.

Well, Peter would
love to say hello.

I'd love that, too. After dessert?

Perfect. And Peter will see you
for lunch tomorrow, Mr. Jordan.

Oh, is that this week?

Yes, it's this week.

Uh, my office called to confirm.

I-I'll give him a call.

We've got endorsement issues.

Vernon Jordan might be in play.

This is the attorney-client
retainer agreement.

When you sign that,
we're your lawyers,

everything we say is privileged

and cannot be used in court.

But up to that point--
up to the point you sign this form--

we can be subpoenaed, so,

in order to protect you,
we're not going to take

any notes, okay? Okay.

Hey. Where are you?

I'm there. You gonna tell me
what the big secret is now?

The masseuse--

the one we're thinking
of representing--

she said she was
assaulted by Joe Kent.

The Joe Kent? Yes.

So we're trying to make
a quick deal on this,

but as you can imagine,
it's sensitive.

Yeah, accusing the Nobel

Peace Prize winner of
sexual assault, I'd say so.

We're questioning the masseuse now,
but see what you

can find out on Kent, okay?

Room 906.

You want anything?

Anything that'll
expedite a settlement.

Got it.

Operator, can I have Housekeeping?

Yeah, I'm in room 906.

My trashcan is pretty full.

Could you send someone up, please?

Yeah?

What do you need?

Nothing now.

Kalinda's on it.

You sure?

I'm sure.

Blake?

Yes, ma'am?

I need you to look into someone

for me, if you're free. I am free.

Laura White.

What do you want to know?
If she's lying;

if she's trying to make a quick buck;
if she's trying

to embarrass Mr. Kent;

any ties to the Republican Party.

Okay. It needs to happen fast.

We have until 11:00.

Here's my cell.

Phone me and only me,

whatever you get.

If you're okay with that?

I'm okay with that.

And... if you ever

need anything like this in
the future, Ms. Lockhart,

don't hesitate to call.

He asked me to pay
special attention

to his adductor.

And that's...?

Uh, the inside thigh. Here.

And that is... restricted?

Well, it usually means

that a customer wants
inappropriate contact.

Sexual contact?

Yes.

And I was, like...

"I don't do that,

but I can massage the
hamstring and the quadriceps""

Well, that made him
pretty... vexed.

So I was, like,
"I can send up somebody else."

And then what happened? Well,
then I went

into the bathroom to wash my hands,

and that's when I
saw him behind me.

In the bathroom? Yes.

And he was...

You know, he had a robe,

but his...

his penis was exposed.

He was erect?

Yes.

And he was like,

"I paid for more." And I went,

"No, sir, Mr. Kent.
You paid for exactly that amount""

So, then he was like,

"Could you help me with
something in the bedroom""

His hamstring.

And why didn't you leave then?

On account of,

I only make money if the
hotel wants me back,

so I need to keep the
VIP customers happy.

From what you're saying,
it doesn't seem

like there was any way to
"make Mr. Kent happy."

But my table was still in the bedroom,
so I needed to get it.

So he took me in there,

and he was struggling
with this remote control.

Um, he wanted to
know how to work it.

I guess you could play video games,
and he wanted to know

how to play Hedgehog.

And that's when he threw me

on the bed.

He was on top of me.

He was grabbing me.
He pinched my breasts,

and he stuck his
finger between my legs.

And you stopped him?

No. After about a minute,

the phone rang, and he was...

I guess it was his wife,
because he just jumped.

Uh, so he grabbed this
towel and he, you know...

I'm sorry.

Did he do that on you or him?

Him. Uh, so anyway,

I just grabbed my table,
and I ran out of there.

Miss White, don't take this

the wrong way, but given that
this happened five hours ago,

you seem remarkably calm.

I'm not sure how I'm supposed
to take that the right way.

Take it as the first of a
long line of hard questions.

Would it make a difference
if I was crying?

You were sexually assaulted.

Wouldn't that make sense?

When I was kicked out of college,

I cried for an hour,
then I stopped.

And I never cried again.

That's who I am.

But if it helps,

I wish this had happened to
somebody who cried a lot.

Seriously?

Hedgehog?

The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
wants to play Hedgehog?

It's a hotel room.
He's away from home.

It's an oasis from life.
This is a man

who spent two years in
Butembo to see firsthand

how women were treated.

And he likes video games.

Great men like video games.

You think she's lying?
I think there is a wealth

of detail of her entering the room,
and the massage itself.

But when she talks
about the assault,

it becomes variable.

The massage table is by the door,
then it's in the bedroom.

She follows him into the bedroom.

It's about the hamstring.

No, it's about the remote.

I mean, if we take this case,
she'll get better at it,

because we'll make
her better at it.

We'll point out her
inconsistencies,

so she'll make things
more consistent.

But what we're hearing right
now is the unvarnished story.

And I believe there was a massage.

But I don't believe
there was an assault.

Then why would she do it?

Money? Yes.

And dirty tricks.

I think some people would like
to see Joe Kent brought low.

Come on, Diane. Do you know how

hypocritical this is?

Last year, I-I-I didn't believe--
what's her name,

the rape victim--
for the same reason. Yes?

She kept changing her story.

And you said,
"Shock does that to a woman."

So which is it?

That was Kalinda. She found

lipstick on a champagne glass.

You drank champagne?

Uh, when I was in the bedroom,
he shoved it at me.

And I thought if I just
pretended to drink,

he would be fine and let me go.

Was he holding you?

No, but he was in the doorway.

You know, he was blocking it.

And you said your massage
table was in the living room

and the bedroom.

Do you remember which it was,
actually?

Uh, well, at that point,
it was probably in the bedroom.

When I went to wash up,
I took it with me.

So the bathroom was
adjoining the bedroom?

Yes. Why?

Well, when you were
discussing it before,

it sounded like it was
adjoining the living room.

Well, I th--

Uh, yeah. There were two bathrooms.

It was a big suite.

And when I went to wash up

the first time...

Before the massage?

Right.

I washed up in the
living room bathroom,

but then after the massage,

I washed my hands in
the bedroom bathroom.

Why?

Why did I use the other bathroom?

I don't know. I did.

Good.

Good job.

She was checking
Joe Kent's web site

on the exact same
day she accuses him.

Okay, see what you
can get at the hotel.

I found the phone in your purse.

Oh, good, I thought I lost it.

If you need it, I can, uh...

I can run it over to you.

No, don't worry.

Eli and I are, uh...

are working the room.

Okay.

Well, good luck.

Bye.

Can I have yours, too?

Sure.

Good metabolism, huh?

No.

Ten-mile run every morning.

Some of the worst
music I've ever heard.

So...

you and Will, huh?

Yep, me and Will.

I don't know, actually.

He's got issues.

Everybody's got issues.

No, not him.

That's what I always
used to like about him.

He was fun.

A real man.

Now, he's gone all gushy.

Why?

He's in love.

With you?

No, not me.

Do you think people can change
who they're in love with?

Sure.

People fall out of
love all the time.

And then, uh...

then they fall in love
with somebody else.

Like a change of address?

She was surfing his Web site.

She was checking out
"Kent For America."

Yes, and she explained that.
After the massage, she

went home and checked it out;
that makes sense.

I think we should cut her loose.

You don't believe her?

I worry about how much
she needs to explain.

At a certain point, credulity
has been stretched too far.

Is this a mistake?

It's a process, Lara.

We have to go through it.

Yeah, my friends will be like,

"What're you doing?

"He's helping women. Suck it up.

I thought you were on our side""

It would make a difference
if I had evidence,

wouldn't it? Well,
it's difficult without it.

I still have to decide
whether I want to do this.

I know.

No, I mean, um...

I'm going to show you something,

but I still have to
decide whether I want

to pursue this.

The towel that he...

used afterwards.

That's the one.

This is unseemly.

It'd take weeks to get DNA testing.

Even if we got a match,

it still doesn't necessarily
support her story.

That could have come from
an uncontrolled emission

from the massage.

We are the dregs of society.

Okay, we get it, Diane.

You don't think he did it.
No, that's not getting it, Will.

Believing in something bigger than
yourself... If she was molested

by Joe Kent,
then Joe Kent should pay

for what... That's
not how it works.

And you know it.
He pays for it either way.

He's innocent, he pays for it.

She's lying, he pays for it.

The 24-hour news cycle
guarantees that.

I think it's time we
approach Mr. Kent.

His best-case scenario--
this goeaway quietly,

so we try and settle now.

Shake him down?

No, settle before a trial.

It's what we do every day.

It's what you do every day.

Look, I'll go.

I know Mr. Kent's
lawyer through a friend.

You have anything?

She's behind on her cable,
her phone bills, her credit cards.

She needs the money.

Anything else?

Uh, her roommate also works
as a masseuse at the Foreland.

Um, the hotel staff is suggesting

that both of 'em do a bit
more than just massage,

so I'm there now and I'll
find out how much more.

More as in sexual release?

That would be my guess.

But we don't want that?

Well, we want the truth,
but that's not the, uh...

preferable truth.

Right, and the preferable truth

is that nothing happened at all?

But you still want to
hear whatever I find out?

Yes.

It's appealing,
running together, Peter.

I respected you

from afar.

Well, you know that
the state's attorney

sets the goals for the department,

but that it's the deputy
that runs it, so...

That would be quite a
step up from being...

A lowly staff lawyer?

That's all right. That's what I am.

Like I tell my daughters,
I'm too big for my britches.

And there's all that, um...

patronage Mr. Gold offered.

I think I don't have that
many friends in Illinois.

Well, in my experience,
friendship follows patronage.

The thing is...

Peter, I can't.

My whole reason for running

is to stop this legacy control

of the state's attorney's office.

And that's no reflection
on you, Peter.

I just want to be able to
look my daughters in the face.

'Cause it's all about
the fountain, right?

It was so nice meeting you.

And it'll be fun doing battle.

Can't wait.

You know the one thing I hate
more than a backroom deal, Eli,

is a failed backroom deal.

Of course, we'd love
for this to go away.

The last thing we want to do

is accuse your client on the
eve of his Nobel Prize speech.

We haven't tested the towel
yet for pre-seminal fluid,

so this is a very good
moment to settle this.

Settle what?

Our suit.

So, what do you think?

What do I think?

I think we can settle this.

Right now.
Just pull down your pants

and touch your toes.

Don't make us take this public.

Why not? Hey, let's
take it public together.

Right now. The Tribune's
around the corner.

Here's my card.

Phone us by 11:00.

What you have, Mr. Gardner,

is a little bitch.

A little cheerleading
bitch who's tired

of turning tricks
under the bleachers,

and wants to accuse Joe Kent.

Joe Kent. Say the
words to yourself.

Who comes out of that fight?

This is legal malpractice, buddy.

Go to hell,
you stupid son of a bitch.

You two-bit shakedown leg-breaker.

You come to me with this scam--

this "two encyclopedias
for one" scam--

and you expect me to, what?

Roll over? This isn't BP.

Joe Kent is a great man.

I'm a bastard.
That's why he hired me.

You don't deal with him.
You deal with me.

You come to the back door,
you stupid, number-running...

You can take that as a "no."

Really?

ever get you angry.

So we get Lara to
sign the retainer,

and we go to the press.

You think he was bluffing?

I don't think it matters.
We have to move forward.

Why?

His methods aside, he's not wrong.

We go to the press,

we're suddenly the
ambulance-chasers of the Loop.

You're thinking about backing off?

I'm thinking something
doesn't feel right here.

He's not showing fear.

- It's a tactic.
- Or it's real.

We jump and we're wrong,
we make ourselves the story.

How's that for a pretty picture?

Diane and I are finally on
the same side of something.

Alicia...

Have Kalinda check into other
hotels where Kent stayed.

If he did it once,
he did it other times.

Okay, I'll say "black,"

so you can say "white," okay?

I want to know the truth.

Good.

Good. We have two more hours.

Let's use them.

He wants to endorse Peter?

Yes. I know, Mr. Kent hasn't
endorsed anyone in years,

but he likes Peter's
personal story.

He wants to endorse him.

When can we announce?

Well, he has to travel to
Stockholm later this week,

but maybe next week.

Great. Peter will be...

He loves Mr. Kent.

Oh, so there's one more thing.

Mr. Kent has a thorn in his side.

Okay?

I know your law firm is Lockhart,
Gardner & Bond.

And Mr. Florrick's wife's
a key player there?

Well, she's a
second-year associate.

Yeah, but the word is Lockhart,
Gardner is Peter's firm.

We need them to back off a case.

Is this too hard?

No. No, it's fine.

Last time I was here,
I had, uh, Lara.

Oh, yeah? Yeah.

You know her? Yeah. Mm-hmm.

I, uh...

tipped her a bit extra
last time for...

a bit extra.

Is something wrong?

This is a VIP treatment, sir.

The hotel frowns upon...

"something extra."

And Lara?

Well, Lara goes her own way.

I mean, she shouldn't do it,

but I could give her your number.

Sometimes Lara does full-body
massages outside of work.

She's jealous.

That's why she said it.

But she's your roommate.

Yes, but she's a LMT, too.

And there's only so
many of these VIP jobs.

They... they pay a lot.

And everybody's fighting
for whatever they can get.

Sabrina, too.

But she was saying it

to a customer who
wanted a sexual massage.

Yeah? So it seems she was saying

something good about you,

something the customer
wanted to hear.

No, no, no. You don't get it.

LMTs call them
"one-handed masseuses."

It hurts their reputations
in the big hotels,

and that's where the money is.

If I'm known for sexual massages,

I won't get the big jobs.

Hey, I just wanted to say...

Look, you're right.
I don't have a plan.

Okay, uh, this is strange.

I don't even know where
this came from, but...

You ready?

Joe Kent wants to endorse you.

Joe Kent?

Yeah.

The Joe Kent?

Yes. His lawyer just came up to me.

What's the catch?

The catch? There is no catch.

The catch is you say "thank you."

Eli?

Look, nothing that will sully you.
They just want me

to talk to my law firm
about them dropping a suit.

I'm working on it.
Don't worry. What's the suit?

It's just a nuisance
suit against Kent.

A sexual harassment suit.

Don't worry.

Okay. Let's talk to him.

Who, Kent?

No, his lawyer.

This time, I want to be sure
about the backroom deal.

They're investigating me,
aren't they?

Yes, I think so.

So this is the way it'll be

if I go through with this?

Reporters will be
looking at me, not him?

Yes, probably.

Why? Because they
think they know him,

and they don't know you.

Yeah.

That's what he said at the
state's attorney office.

Who?

The guy who sent me to you.

Cary.

Cary Agos?

Yeah.

He was the one who questioned
me and gave me your card.

He said you'd be sympathetic.

Peter.

Peter.

Hello, Mr. Florrick.

Wilk Hobson.

I'm glad you're open to this.

I'm sure I don't need to tell you,

an endorsement from Mr. Kent,

especially on the heels
of his trip to Stockholm,

would be massive.

So all I have to do is get
my wife to drop her case?

Yeah, that's the deal.

This sexual assault is bogus.

You'd be doing everybody a favor.

And when the plaintiff
goes to another firm?

She has an 11:00 p.m.
meeting with Carpton & Greene.

It's a firm in the family.

I have an agreement
with them to bury it.

You know what?

It was nice talking to you.

What can I tell Mr. Kent?

You can tell him that I
hope my wife rips him apart,

and I think she will,
'cause she's a good lawyer.

Either way I know she'll do
the right thing, but it was

very nice meeting you.

Let's discuss this.

Now, I know he's got
another bail hearing

in an hour, so I ask for
a review of the plea.

That's very funny. Okay?

Hold on, this is going
to be great. All right.

Well, hello.

Cary, you sent us a client,
didn't you?

I did.

Derrick Bond.

Oh, that's right,
you guys have been going

through some mergers over there.

Cary Agos.

I seem to have just
missed your time with us.

So what's up with Lara White?

What's up?

She said she was assaulted.

And yet state's attorney
booted the case,

and you sent her right to us.

Right, I suggested she pursue

a civil path. Why?

Because I think Lara was
assaulted by Joe Kent,

and I think Mr. Childs made
a mistake booting the case

and I think I wanted justice done.

And you're just going
to help us out?

Yeah, why wouldn't I?

What makes you think

Mr. Kent did it?

History.

- Get Kalinda on it.
- She is.

Good, get her to look
up previous assaults.

And what might she find?
Meredith Bordinay.

Take the case.

It's a good one.

What do you think?

I think he still wants to hurt us.

I'll catch up.

I'm very sorry...

What happened to you?

I got in a fistfight.

That's a turn-on.

I know, that's why I did it.

I like you, Will.

I don't like you
when you're serious.

I know.

You got a little...

Yeah. Wait.

* When you're lyin'
here in my arms *

I'll stay with you
as long as it's fun.

As soon as you fall in
love with me, it's over.

Okay? Okay.

You can do that again.

Peter.

Peter.

Excuse me. All right.

He did it.

I don't believe it.

He sent me an e-mail;
he endorsed you.

Who? Kent.

He must have overruled
his lawyer or something,

but he endorsed you.

Do you know what a
Kent endorsement means?

It means women.

It means African-American women,
Caucasian women.

In one fell swoop, it takes care

of the Amber Madison problem.

Oh, God.

What?

He's tying himself to us.

Kent-- he's tying
our fates together.

Right now I'm being
endorsed by a secular saint,

but if the suit goes through,

I'm being endorsed
by a sexual deviant.

Right, right.

He's forcing you
to call Alicia off.

Kent was speaking

at UC Santa Cruz.

He stayed at the
Scotts Valley Lodge.

He requested a VIP massage

and apparently asked the masseuse,

a Meredith Bordinay,

for some sexual contact.

And you trust this information?

I spoke to the masseuse herself.

She had complained to management,

but when they didn't do anything
about it, she dropped it.

The statute of limitations
have since passed

so can't bring suit.

Will she testify?

She's fragile,
but I'm working on it.

What's going on?

There's another masseuse.

The same thing.

Bummer.

I'll go talk to Lara.

No, I will.

Ms. Lockhart,
there's a call for you.

Ask if I can call back.

No, it's Ms. Kent.

Joe Kent's wife.

Hello, Mrs. Kent?

Yes, is this Diane?

It is.

I... is everything all right?

I don't know.

I wanted to talk to you

about this suit you're
thinking of bringing.

Okay.

I want to ask you to not.

Mrs. Kent, I'm sorry, but this--

it's a bit unorthodox.

I just wanted to mention
Joe's work in the Congo,

how important it is.

Do you know about it, Diane?

I do.

I hope you do, Diane.

Good work requires money,
and this isn't just good work.

This is essential work.

Women are dying there,
thousands of women.

This is not just a wife
pleading for her husband, Diane.

Joe can survive the embarrassment.

This suit will destroy
our efforts in Africa.

Mrs. Kent, I'm sorry,
I respect you mightily,

I respect your husband,
but I can't let this sway me.

Why not?

This woman-- what is she,
who is she?

Did your husband do it, ma'am?

Mrs. Kent?

My husband moves people.

My husband has made
his life this cause.

Does it matter?
Does it matter if he did it?

Doesn't it matter to you?

No. I can say that with
a clear conscience.

The world needs my husband.

It doesn't matter to me.

Thank you, Mrs. Kent.

Diane, don't do this.

Please, it's wrong.

Good-bye.

I'll be right back.

That good, huh?

The goal is not to have heroes.

Really?

I thought the goal was to
die with the most money.

It's almost 11:00.

Where are we?

Diane doesn't have heroes anymore,

and the firm is going
to be trounced tomorrow

for dragging a saint
into the gutter.

You can tell Lara
we're taking her case.

Good.

Thanks.

So... Carpton & Greene?

No, heading home.

We tried to do too much
in one night, Lara.

Get some sleep, then give
me a call in the morning.

Uh, no, I'm done.

We found another
masseuse he molested.

She didn't bring charges?

No, same thing happened to her.

She was giving him a massage,
and he attacked her.

Why didn't she bring charges?

She was afraid.

And four years later
this happens to you.

We've only been looking
into this a few hours,

so there could be more women.

Then they need to do this,
because I can't.

Lara, please just call me tomorrow.

Everything you went through--

all the press, all the
people talking about you--

was it hard?

Yes.

And it goes on?

Yes.

They'll look into me--

the reporters and everyone-- and...

they'll find stuff

because there is stuff.

My parents, my sister.

People really don't want
to believe this about him.

I don't want to believe
this about him, so...

I just won't.

Thanks.