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Previously on "Suits LA"...
I testify, I'm a dead man.
- I thought we were friends. - We are friends, Billy.
Now, get back inside before someone--
[explosion]
- What happened? Are you all right?
I'm fine, Samantha.
And I'm still coming to your client's thing tonight.
- I don't care about that right now.
I think you do.
Billy didn't make it.
- I need you to get in there and act
- like he's still fighting. - You have one day.
- You better think of a Hall of Fame move.
I am not losing this case.
- They're saying a lot of very specific things
happened last night.
- What, that I killed my partner in my own backyard?
Why would I do that?
- There's residue on your hands.
Because we were shooting.
- Stuart lives for this. He is the man for the job.
- I cannot go with someone who doesn't believe me.
- The entire 25th floor is gone.
- You should back out of the fight
for head of entertainment.
It gives us the best shot at working together
after I get it.
- You pick a side before you know who's going to win.
Until you figure that out, you're nothing.
- Samantha, was it your idea to cut me out of the new firm,
- or was it Stuart's? - His.
- Lester, he doesn't believe you.
- I do. - My client pleads not guilty.
- You're both gonna regret this.
- Lester won't, 'cause I have never lost a case,
and I'm sure as hell not gonna start now.
[upbeat music]
Just the woman I wanted to see.
- Oh, I was going to say the same thing.
- To who? - Your mom.
My mom passed away years ago.
- Way to suck the fun out of the morning.
You here to tell me I have a tumor?
- I wanted to talk about Dylan Pryor.
- Give it to me. - She's got two movies.
One's an indie, the other is a potential action franchise.
I'm sure you can guess what the priority is.
Of course.
Of course, I can.
- Erica? - Yes?
- You have no idea who Dylan Pryor is, do you?
You have no proof of that.
I could know.
Erica, who's Dylan Pryor?
I'll tell you who.
She is your client, who we signed last week,
who you need me to take care of, which I will.
That'll be all.
Are you dismissing me?
Can I?
Eh...remains to be seen.
Get out.
Did it work?
No. Okay.
Fun and games aside, Stuart taking half the firm
is still the talk of the town.
Dylan Pryor is a new client.
You are the new head of entertainment.
- Ted, I understand what the stakes are,
and I know that you're focusing on Lester's murder trial.
Whatever Dylan Pryor needs, I'll get it done.
[bright music]
- Hi. - Hey.
- What are you doing on our floor?
It's lonely up there.
I'm the only one left on the whole floor.
- Well, do you wanna come down here?
You've got Stuart's office.
- Why would I do that? I've got the floor to myself.
- Mm-hmm.
Hey, since you're down here,
what do you know about Hanrahan in the DA's office?
Why?
Is Hanrahan prosecuting your shady producer murderer?
- Those aren't the exact words that I would use to describe
Lester, but you're--yeah. Go on.
- Well, let me just say, if I knew old man Hanrahan
would be the one prosecuting me,
I'd rob a bank. Client got lucky.
- I get the feeling you're not the biggest fan of Lester.
I'm not a fan of people
buying their way out of trouble.
- He's not buying me. He's paying me.
And his only trouble is being accused
of a murder he didn't commit.
Now, if you don't mind, I'm gonna go interview
my shady producer murderer
and check in on old man Hanrahan.
- Between us, I don't think you should
be referring to your client as a shady producer murderer.
It's counterproductive.
♪ ♪
Are you kidding me?
Who drops a Good & Plenty into the paper feeder?
Leah?
[printer parts clattering]
- Are you okay? - [scoffs]
Why? What happened?
Um, how can I help you?
- You like movies and television, right?
Of course.
What kind of entertainment lawyer wouldn't love--
you know, I'm more of a book girl myself.
Why do you ask?
- What do you know about Dylan Pryor?
Is this a trick question?
I've seen every movie she's ever done.
There's nothing I don't know about her.
- Great, then grab her file, and come with me.
And don't eat that.
Of course, I won't.
[playful music]
♪ ♪
Mm. She was right.
- So you and Simon went to your movie's premiere,
- everyone had a good time? - Yeah, had a great time.
And you know, went back to the house, did ecstasy.
- How many pills? - We each took one.
It wasn't working fast enough,
but we didn't think it was working at all,
so we split a third pill.
- Then the guns came out? - Yep.
Simon took the Luger. I took the Glock.
We set up the target.
- A picture of the head of the studio.
- Hey, you know the man. He's a bastard.
- Not in dispute. - We start shooting.
That's when Simon starts getting a little weird.
- Weird? Weird how?
- He starts saying he's a fraud.
No one really knows him.
I start to realize I'm--
I'm watching a man battle with himself for his own sanity.
He starts getting darker and darker,
saying he doesn't deserve to be here.
That's what he said. "I don't deserve to be here."
That's when it happened.
He raises a gun to his head.
I try to stop him, but he snaps at me.
He is--he is fully crazy at this point.
And I grab his arm, but-- I mean, Simon's, like,
a thousand times stronger than me,
and the gun is now aimed right at his head,
and I'm screaming at him, "Please.
"Please, Simon. Don't do it.
Don't do it, Simon."
And next thing I know, bang.
Simon is dead,
and I've got his blood all over me,
and I don't know what to do.
Finally, I call 911.
I get there, and they arrest me then and there.
My best friend of 20 years is lying on the ground,
and they arrest me.
Okay, Lester.
Okay.
We got what we needed.
We've got a meeting with the prosecutor later.
I'll give you a call afterwards.
I'll let you know how it goes.
All right.
both: All right.
[pensive music]
♪ ♪
What's on your mind?
- Something's not right about your boy.
I mean, he tells a good story,
but I know a liar when I see one.
- Kevin, it's different out here.
People lie. They cheat.
They do whatever they can to push their project through.
Would I trust Lester with my girlfriend?
I would, but, you know, look at me, and look at him.
I don't have anything to worry about.
- If I'm her, I'm going with him.
You're delusional.
- One word. Jamie.
- Jamie was a one-time thing.
Kevin, seriously, Lester's a lot of things.
He's not a murderer.
♪ ♪
- Well, you didn't bring my ass out here to believe him.
You brought me here to find out anything they can use
against us, so I'ma do that.
But, Ted, you better start wrapping
your mind around the fact that he may have done this.
♪ ♪
- ♪ 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, it's so early ♪
♪ Busy, busy making money ♪
♪ All right ♪
♪ Y'all step back ♪
♪ I'm about to dance ♪
♪ The greenback boogie ♪
.
[phone buzzes]
- Dylan. Hey. Good to hear from you.
- Who's Erica Rollins, and why is she calling me?
- She is the new head of entertainment
and an excellent attorney.
- An excellent attorney that I have never even met.
- Look, Dylan--
- Rick, I knew Ted was gonna pawn me off.
I just thought that it was going to be you.
- It was going to be me, but I left for another firm.
But trust me, Erica is fully capable of taking care of you.
- Rick, look, I signed on to do an indie movie
that my friend wrote, but the schedule conflicts
with my Warner Brothers movie,
and I'm not letting an indie movie
get in the way of my career.
- I get that, but I can't represent you.
I am prohibited from poaching.
Then can't you convince Ted
to handle this for me instead of Erica?
- I wish I could, but to tell you the truth,
I don't think Ted would take my call right now.
[solemn music]
Right on time.
I like that.
You're not old man Hanrahan.
- You think they'd send a high-profile case
like this to Hanrahan?
He's who they send when they don't care what happens.
I'm who they send when they do.
- I'm who they send when they have no chance,
but they need a win anyway.
- Lester Thompson needs a win, all right.
But this plea deal is the closest he's gonna get.
- That's where we're gonna start?
- Why not? It's where we're gonna finish.
Then maybe you didn't hear,
but Lester pled not guilty at his arraignment.
- Well, he should have pled insanity
because I heard he dropped one of the premier
defense attorneys in the nation to put his life
in the hands of a glorified black shirt,
no tie talent agent.
- You forgot former federal prosecutor.
And I never did work at the local level,
but unless whatever that is
says you're dropping the charges,
I'll see you in court.
Okay, but you should know
I'm not three hours into this thing,
and I've got the victim's blood all over your client,
the coroner's report inconsistent with suicide
and a line around the block of people
begging to testify that Lester Thompson's
love language is lying.
So you might wanna run this bad boy
by your client just in case.
♪ ♪
- Ted, you really didn't have to come.
- Samantha, it's your client's big night.
I told you I wouldn't miss it, and I won't.
- I promise when this is over, I'll make you feel better.
Come on. He's about to go on.
- Please welcome to the stage, Cameron Logsdon
as Mark Wahlberg, Christopher Walken,
and Denzel Washington.
- Hey, New York. How you doing, huh?
Feeling good?
A lot of beautiful ladies in here, right?
Huh? You know what they say about beautiful ladies?
They like tough guys. I mean, come on.
Look at this guy right here.
Looking good, brother. Huh?
Got into a bit of a scuffle? That's all right.
You know what? Just hit the gym.
Put up a little bit of weight.
Doesn't matter what happened to you.
[laughter]
[as Christopher Walken] Hey, you know, you don't get
beat up if you bring a gun.
[normally] You know what?
I don't think he got beat up, huh?
I think he had a run-in with Plymouth Rock,
only he didn't land on Plymouth Rock.
Plymouth Rock landed on him. Huh?
[as Arnold Schwarzenegger] You know, the next time
they swing on you, you just need to duck...
♪ ♪
[knock at door]
- You wanted to see me? - Yes.
Please close the door.
We have something to talk about.
HR sent this over.
- Rick's being made head of entertainment.
What about it?
- Our agreement was, you keep someone at Ted's
for six months, and they keep an eye on him.
Then whoever it comes over and gets this title.
- We had an opportunity to weaken Ted out of the gate,
- and I took it. - A call you made on your own.
I'm not signing off on this
without getting something for it.
- I thought we were gonna be partners.
- Stuart, you came to me a week before we merged,
wanting to cut Ted out.
It was against my better judgment,
but I went along with it.
Now you, a criminal defense attorney,
are trying to dictate who I name head of entertainment.
So who's not being a good partner now?
- I'm gonna have to double down here.
Bob the janitor is now in charge of real estate.
- I appreciate you accepting this.
Now, do you want to tell Rick, or should I?
[upbeat music]
- Just to be clear, we're entitled to Dylan's services
for six months, and we intend to enforce those rights.
- We're all aware of that, but it's a small role,
and Dylan's new Warner Brothers deal can't kick in
until after she's released.
How is that my problem?
- Fred, I know you're concerned about our rights,
but Dylan is my friend.
- And I'm the one who's putting up
the money for this movie.
- I can have her out in three months.
Give us another month for safety,
and you can have two months back.
- Fine. - Excellent.
I'll draw up an amendment and get it right to you.
- I just have to say, I'm a huge fan,
and what you did for Dylan was huge.
- Of course, I would do it for her.
She's my friend.
- Anyway, I'm really excited to see this movie.
You plus Dylan?
Fire. [blows air]
both: You do that too?
What?
I'm older, so I started it.
Okay, well, I better go.
Erica doesn't like it when I'm...
anything.
- I got that. It's okay.
You're doing great.
- Oh, my God. Thank you.
It's a beautiful view.
- Well, I am head of entertainment.
It's still a beautiful view.
- That better not mean what it sounds like.
- Rick, the deal was six months.
Entertainment is Samantha's purview, not mine.
- And I made a deal with you, not her.
- I don't like this any more than you.
It doesn't make either of us look good.
But I have a way that you can still get that title.
Bring in a big client, and the job is yours.
- Oh, that's a great idea, Stuart.
But the only way I can do that is with someone
I already have a relationship with,
which means poaching from Ted,
and we are precluded from doing this.
Do it anyway.
They're not gonna sue us over one client.
I don't work that way.
- If the shoe were on the other foot, Ted would poach,
- and you know it. - I don't care.
I'm not Ted.
- I've got my issues with the way
Ted operates more than anyone,
but if you want that promotion, this is the way to get it.
[solemn music]
♪ ♪
- You still think he's just a flawed liar?
Hi, Kevin.
It's bank records. It's nothing.
Are you kidding me?
Do you know what I had to do to get these?
Look, the man was stealing from his partner.
These are transactions.
There's a thousand explanations.
It doesn't prove anything.
I'm not talking about proof.
We're talking about the truth,
something you used to want to know.
- You think that I don't want to know the truth?
- I don't know what you want, but the Ted I used to run with
would know this is evidence.
And you know damn well, if you were prosecuting this,
you'd be jumping for joy to get your hands on it.
- I'm not prosecuting him. - Well, someone is.
If she finds this, her opening statement's gonna be,
"If Lester's stealing money from Simon,
he'd damn sure kill him if he found out."
God damn it.
Why are you trying to convince me that he's guilty?
- I don't care if he's guilty or not.
I'm following the trail so you don't get blindsided at trial.
The question is, why the hell are you trying
to convince yourself he's innocent?
♪ ♪
.
- This is not what we discussed.
No, on what basis are you--
Okay.
Fine. Yeah.
I understand your position.
Leah, what did you do?
- About what? - The Dylan Pryor agreement.
- I sent over the amendment like you asked.
- Well, they're not letting Dylan out.
Why would they suddenly do that?
- All I did was specify the end date of the indie
and the start date of the Warner movie
so that they couldn't wiggle out, like you said.
- I told you to put the date of the Warner overall deal.
You told them she already had an actual role.
- They already knew it. It's public knowledge.
- The deal was public knowledge.
That she had a specific movie was not.
- I'm sorry. I was just being thorough.
Never give the other side
more information than they need.
You might as well have said if Warner Brothers wants
to start their movie on time, they either recast Dylan
or pay that clown a small fortune.
- I get it, but this is Dylan's friend.
- She agreed to be accommodating. - Okay.
For future reference, the writer is never
the one calling the shots. The guy with the money is.
- Erica. Leah. Trouble in paradise?
- Leah. - I'm not here. Never was.
Hi, Rick. We hate you.
- What are you doing here, Rick?
Because I'm a little busy, and you're a little
don't work here anymore.
- You know who wishes I still worked here?
- Dylan Pryor. - Excuse me?
She called me earlier.
Wanted to see if I could handle
the movie conflict instead of you.
I told her I was prohibited from signing her.
Which you are.
- And that you're an excellent attorney.
Which I am.
- But then she wanted me to get Ted
to handle it instead of you, and I thought,
"Why get her Ted when I can just give her me?"
So if you wouldn't mind signing this simple waiver
allowing me to represent Dylan...
- You think I'm gonna give you the right
to poach my client like I was born yesterday?
- I think I can fix her problem, and you can't.
- Well, we're never gonna find out
'cause I'm not getting drawn into a contest with you
that I've already won.
- I thought I was talking to the Erica Rollins
who always said she's better than me.
I didn't realize I was talking to the one who's afraid of me.
- You think saying I'm afraid of you
is gonna get you what you want?
You know what I think?
You've been dying to go one on one with me for a long time.
So let's get it on.
Give me the damn thing.
[upbeat music]
But, Ricky, when you lose,
I don't want you coming back here crying
about how I kicked your ass.
[upbeat music]
It wasn't Hanrahan.
Who was it, Abrams or Brown?
Smith.
- Smith is no joke. - Meaning?
- Let's just say there's nothing
that woman won't do to win.
Listen, we both know I overheard you downstairs.
Why is this case so important to you?
- The people that we represent aren't used to being told no.
And every so often, they need a criminal attorney
to bail them out.
If I can't show the town that my firm can still do that,
every client that I have will eventually leave
and find someone who can.
- And that's why you need Lester to be innocent.
You need a win.
And the idea of getting a guilty man off
turns your stomach.
It's not just that.
Every instinct that I have tells me that
Lester Thompson is not a murderer.
And if I can't trust my instincts--
- That's never happened to you before.
It happened before.
When it did...
I lost everything.
- Ted, you've been moody since he picked on you.
Admit it. You're sensitive.
I'm not.
I'm not sensitive.
I just--I don't like impersonators.
- I think you don't like him because you think
he wants to sleep with me.
Samantha, if that were true,
I wouldn't like any of your clients.
- You don't like any of my clients.
- Didn't you say that you were gonna make me
feel better after the show?
I did, in fact, say that.
When does that part start?
- Why don't you tell me where it hurts?
- I mean, it hurts me here all the way.
All the way down to there.
- How about I start in the middle?
- No, I think it would be a good idea
if you started it in the middle.
[laughs]
Wait.
I can't believe I'm gonna say this.
- I gotta go. - What?
But we just got back.
- I know. It can't wait.
- Teddy, where the hell are you?
- I went to Samantha's client's thing.
- Our back's against the wall, and you're at a show?
- I thought that we were dead in the water
and that I had nothing.
- All right, look, I'm pulling the agents off right now.
Don't do that.
You told me that I needed a Hall of Fame move.
I got one.
I want you to keep the agents there
and gather up all the tapes we have of Billy's confessions.
And one more thing.
Who would have planted the bomb at Billy's?
I don't need proof. I just need to know.
- It's gotta be Jimmy Patriale.
- Okay. Gather those tapes. I'll see you in the morning.
- Whoa, Teddy, what are you gonna do?
Get us another witness.
[suspenseful music]
- Mr. Dodson, I don't have much time, so--
You sure don't.
You managed to threaten Dylan Pryor's career
and hold Warner Brothers hostage all in one day.
- I thought Erica Rollins was handling Dylan.
- She thinks she is, but I'm here to tell you
you're gonna release Dylan after four months.
- Why would I do that when I need her for six?
- Because you made a promise to Dylan.
And I'm not afraid to sue you to enforce that promise.
You'll lose that lawsuit.
- Maybe I will, but the headline will read
you deal in bad faith.
How many movies are you gonna get made after that?
- You're accusing me of dealing in bad faith?
- You are the definition of bad faith.
There is no justification to hold Dylan for six months
to shoot five scenes.
Oh, you haven't heard.
Since you brought me something to read,
I have something for you.
You see, we had Tina do a final pass on the script,
and it ended up pushing Dylan's scene count from 5 to 40.
Makes it a much better movie, if you ask me.
But, you know, I'm just a money guy.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Erica, can I talk to you? - What is it, Leah?
I'm thinking something through.
- Rick just sent over a new script for Dylan's film.
- I know. He sent it to me too.
It's very aboveboard of him.
Dylan's scene count skyrocketed,
and now we're screwed.
- Well, did you read the script?
Because I think there's a way we can work with Fred
and everyone can get what they want.
- What Fred wants us to hold Dylan hostage
so Warner Brothers pays him to let her go,
which they'll never do.
So what are we gonna do?
We're not gonna do anything.
You're gonna set me a dinner with Fred,
pick a nice place with a lot of people,
and tell them I have an offer from Warner Brothers.
- But you just said they won't pay.
They won't.
Sometimes you gotta say
whatever it takes to get 'em in a room.
.
- So she says, I'm gonna meet you at the bar,
- and I'll wait for you there. - FBI!
FBI! Don't move!
- Jimmy Patriale, you're under arrest
for the murder of Billy Esposito.
[suspenseful music]
I got you now, Pellegrini.
You're going down.
[dramatic music]
- Call Sapperstein. Get him down there.
♪ ♪
- Jimmy, we know you set the bomb off.
We got three witnesses. They all put you there.
I was in the neighborhood.
A bomb went off, so I left. End of story.
- Say we don't get you on the bomb.
We're gonna get you on the bomb.
Say that we don't.
Billy Esposito says that you're Pellegrini's go-to hit man.
He has direct knowledge of you killing five guys.
That's life.
- Anything you had went away when Billy went away.
You can't use it. Ain't that right?
- 100%. - One problem.
Billy is right over there.
- No way. I saw that explosion.
Billy's dead.
Is that a fact?
[tense music]
♪ ♪
- Jimmy Patriale, that scumbag. Let me in there.
- I'll show him how dead I am. - Relax, Billy.
We're not gonna let you kill a witness.
Besides, you're busted up head to toe.
- Let me in there for ten minutes.
We'll see who comes out.
- Just tell us what hits you did together,
and he'll get what's coming to him.
- All right, the first hit I remember was August '98.
It was hot as hell. He comes down in a sweatshirt.
I tell him he might as well have a sign,
I got a gun under here.
Here's the deal, Jimmy.
I arrested you right in front of Pellegrini.
He's gonna think that you talked.
Whether you do or whether you don't
makes you a dead man.
Or I put you in federal protective custody.
- Jimmy, don't say another word.
I can get you out of here.
- What happens when you get out of here?
Because do not think for one second
that he is here for you.
Get the hell out of here.
- Jimmy, think about what you-- - Now.
[soft dramatic music]
♪ ♪
What do you need me to do?
♪ ♪
- Can I come in, or you still hate me?
Can it be both?
- Sorry for coming at you so hard.
- I'm sorry for putting up a wall.
- You were kind of being an ass.
I had to do something.
You were coming at me like a bull.
- Didn't I just apologize for that?
- I don't know, I wasn't listening.
Kevin, I didn't wanna hear what you had to say
because I was afraid you might be right.
- Well, since we're coming clean,
I wasn't exactly truthful when I said I was okay
keeping a guilty man out of prison.
- Because you were built to put them away.
Yeah, I was.
Tell you what.
Comes right down to it, and you are sure
that he did it, I will let you walk away.
- What about you? You're gonna walk away?
- I'll drive off that bridge when I get to it.
For now, it's time for Lester to tell us
what the hell is going on with these bank records.
- ♪ Headed by the winds in this desolate place ♪
♪ I'm driving against the ice ♪
♪ That whips across my face ♪
Sorry I'm late.
Had a call to make.
- So I heard you convinced Warner Brothers
to make accommodations simply by throwing
a little money at the problem.
- Oh, I convinced them to throw money at the problem,
all right, just not in your direction.
[chuckles]
You said you had an offer for me.
- I do--find a new star for your movie
because Dylan is out.
- No, she's not. We have an agreement.
- Oh. Now you care about agreements.
- Look, if you're about to say that I'm dealing in bad faith,
Rick Dodson already tried that.
- Let me tell you something, friend.
I ain't no Rick Dodson.
Dylan's original deal prohibits her from making another movie
while under contract to you,
but there's nothing stopping her
from performing promotions
for the new Warner Brothers franchise.
- They can't make her promote a movie
she's not even gonna be in.
- Here's a preliminary schedule.
As you can see, the dates mildly overlap with yours.
This is our entire shoot.
- Really? Let me see.
No. No. See, here's a day.
And then here's another two days,
and then, of course, if you want her
to work on Thanksgiving, we can make her available for that,
although her mother's pumpkin pie is fantastic.
- You're not gonna get away with this.
We'll sue you.
- Do what you gotta do, Fred, but that phone call
was Warner Brothers confirming that they'll back up
the money truck to litigate you into the ground.
- ♪ Won't you help me make a change? ♪
- Ten years? Are you kidding me?
- You're lucky the DA is willing to offer you this
because your story doesn't add up.
- I didn't murder Simon, and I'm not taking any deal
that puts me in prison.
Lester, I'm looking at a man
whose bank records show that he was stealing money
from his own partner.
- All right, th-- this isn't what it looks like.
- No, it looks like after you stole his money,
he wound up dead in your backyard
from a gun that you own.
- I explained that to you already.
- That's not good enough. - What do you want me to say?
- How about the truth, you lying sack of--
hey, don't look at him. You're a cold-blooded murderer.
And you've been giving us the runaround, and I'm sick--
All right, I stole the money!
All right, look, a few months ago, I found out
Simon had funneled half a million dollars
out of the production into his personal account,
so I started taking the money out of his account
and putting it into mine.
Lester...
why are you just telling us this?
- Because I knew you would react
exactly the way you are right now.
- I'm not buying any of this. - Neither will a jury.
- What about the fact that I started paying it back?
- There's no record of that. - There is.
Every time I submitted the movie's expenses to the studio,
I kept some receipts out of the stack.
- So the studio got paid back by reimbursing you
less money than what they owed?
- I was trying to do the right thing.
- I guess Robin Hood is the good guy.
- Robin Hood didn't kill Little John.
[tense music]
- Lester, if there is anything else
that you would like to tell us,
now would be the time.
- Simon didn't start losing it that night out of nowhere.
I told him I was on to him,
and he thought that if I could find out, the studio would,
and it was only a matter of time
before he ended up in prison.
So that's when he lost his mind.
But I swear to you, I did not murder him.
[soft tense music]
- You good? - Not yet.
But it's a start.
♪ ♪
.
Dylan. Hey.
Look, I know we've had a minor setback, but I--
Rick, it's okay.
I just came by to tell you in-person that--
- You're staying with Erica, aren't you?
I am.
She put Fred in his place and got me out of the indie.
Look, I just wanted to say that I would have
really liked working together.
My first meeting with you wasn't like my first meeting
with any other lawyer.
You--you really cared about what matters to me.
- Well, you're not so bad yourself.
Not a lot of actresses would come here
to tell me that in person.
Well, I was just at Erica's,
and you're both in Century City,
so it was, like, a two-minute walk.
You probably didn't need to hear that.
See, this is why I'm better when other people
write my dialogue.
[both chuckle]
- It was good. You're a good writer.
It's like a romantic comedy with a tragic ending.
- Okay, well-- - Yeah.
Actually, Dylan, before you go,
did you take a look at that rewrite?
Because I might have an idea.
[soft dramatic pop music]
♪ ♪
- Did you use my client to trick one of your suspects?
♪ ♪
- Samantha, he wanted to do it. - Of course, he did.
He doesn't know what he's getting himself into.
You do?
- I know you were in an explosion the other day,
and you won't tell me what happened.
- You know what? I did what I had to do,
and I'm not gonna apologize for it.
Well, there's a shocker.
You know what your problem is?
You think just because you put bad guys away,
you can take advantage in every other aspect of your life.
- I agree with everything that you just said,
except for the part where that's a problem.
- Don't use one of my clients again.
- Okay. You know what the truth is?
That I do think all those things.
I also think that you went to law school,
and instead of using it, you're a glorified salesman.
- You think you're not a salesman?
You sell people all day long.
- Yeah, I do it to put the bad guys behind bars.
- You know, you're really not that different
from your father after all.
- That's--that's not fair.
- He uses people for personal gain.
You use them for the greater good,
but you still use them.
There has to be somebody you don't use, Ted.
I don't use you.
- You did today. And you know what?
I'm proud of being an entertainment lawyer.
I make people's dreams come true,
and if you don't respect it, you can kiss my perfect ass.
I was wrong.
I will not do it again.
I'm sorry.
You bet you're sorry.
What would I do without you?
You'd be lost.
Don't you ever forget it.
♪ ♪
♪ Let you down ♪
♪ Working for you ♪
Hey.
Looks like Lester's records check out.
He put most of the money back.
I'm not saying it's proof, but it's not nothing.
- Kevin, if this prosecutor finds out
that he was stealing money, she is not going to care
if he put some of it back or not.
- So what you're saying, um, you wanna cover it up?
- No. - Then what?
- We'll drive off that bridge when we get there.
- You sure got us driving off a lot of bridges.
Yeah, just like the old days.
I remember this guy.
Great ballplayer.
What's his name? Harry--something like that.
- Harvey. You know that.
- I know I never liked him. - Why not?
- Because he's the only person I knew cockier than you.
- That's funny. That's exactly why I liked him.
- Yeah, plus, he was too pretty.
Can't trust them pretty ones.
- Are you saying I'm not pretty?
If you gotta ask...
- Can't argue with you there. - I don't see why not.
You've been arguing with me
about every other damn thing today.
- Don't say it. - No, I haven't.
[chuckles]
[bright music]
♪ ♪
- Uh-uh.
The deal was, you don't come back crying.
That was the deal if I lost.
This is my firm's new agreement with Dylan.
- I don't understand. I got her what she wanted.
- No, Erica, you got her what she thought she wanted.
Movies like this rewrite, that's where Dylan came from,
and I knew that because I listened to her.
So after you took Fred to the woodshed,
I convinced Dylan to let me go back to him
and make it so she could do both.
- So you came here to rub my nose in it?
You know I wouldn't do that.
Erica, the reason we stopped doing what we used to do
is because you never respected the way I work.
Caring about my clients does not make me
less of a killer than you.
It might even make me more of one.
Maybe you're right.
But, Rick, you have no idea why we stopped
doing what we used to do.
What?
- I can't tell if you're lying to me or yourself.
[solemn music]
♪ ♪
Stuart, you were right.
I'm right about everything.
Can you be more specific?
- I guess you are willing to poach.
- No, I said I didn't work that way,
and I don't. Erica signed a waiver.
- You gave her an excuse to go head-to-head, didn't you?
- How did you know that? - Are you kidding?
I worked on the same floor as you two for years.
Eventually, you were gonna do one of two things.
They both begin with F. I put my money on fight.
- Nothing gets past you, Stuart.
What was the other one?
- Philander. - Huh.
- Technically, it's a P-H, but it still has the F sound.
[upbeat music]
Hey, if I wasn't right about the poaching,
what was I right about?
- If I can't deliver a big client,
I don't deserve that promotion.
- That's not what I said. - I know.
That's what you meant.
♪ ♪
What you doing up here?
- Since everyone left, I like to come up here
when I wanna be alone.
- So I hear we no longer represent Dylan Pryor.
Care to explain that one?
- Rick beat me straight up after I let him bait me
into a fight I didn't need to have.
- Erica, losing Dylan hurts us, especially right now,
and I'm not gonna sit here and pretend
like I'm not pissed.
Is there a but in there,
or are you just gonna leave it at that?
- Have you seen the picture of me and Denzel in my office?
- The one at the Lakers game? Everyone's seen it, Ted.
Isn't that the point?
I was born a Knicks fan.
And I--I never thought that
anything would change that.
Kobe Bryant changed that.
Sometimes he won. Sometimes he lost.
When the kid was a rookie,
he shot four air balls in a row.
- But he never backed down from a fight.
- You got baited into signing a waiver
because you are a competitor,
and I would rather you get baited into a fight
than back down from one.
In fact, I wouldn't have it any other way.
- Are you saying I'm Black Mamba 2.0?
Easy does it.
Erica, you have to learn from your mistakes.
And what we learned today is that we will...
- Never underestimate Rick Dodson again.
Hey, how did you hear about Dylan so fast, anyway?
I saw Rick, and I asked Leah
what he was doing in the office.
Hey, by the way, we gotta keep Leah away from me, okay?
- She's very-- - I know.
I'm working on it.
She's not that bad once you get to know her.
Yeah, I'll never know.
♪ ♪
.
Erica, I'm so sorry.
Did you need the room? I was just leaving.
- Why did you ask if I read the Dylan script earlier?
Because it was great,
and I messed up earlier,
and I was looking for a way to fix it,
and the rewrite was the kind of movie
that put Dylan on the map in the first place,
so I thought we could get everyone what they wanted.
- Like you said before. - It was naive.
I won't suggest something like that again.
- Maybe it was naive, but if I'd listened to you,
then we'd still have Dylan as a client.
Is this real?
Are you complimenting me?
I feel like hugging you.
It's getting stronger.
Oh. Leah, don't.
- Oh, my God. - Please don't.
- It's happening. It happened.
OK, that wasn't that bad.
- All right, well, I'm gonna leave while I'm ahead.
- How did you know that the script was good?
- What do you mean? I read it.
- Um, I'm gonna tell you something,
and I don't need it leaving this room.
- You can't tell if a script is good or bad
because you're not a fan of movies or TV.
Then why become an entertainment lawyer?
'Cause if you wanna be
part of the action in this town,
this is the business you need to be in.
- The way I can tell something is good is probably because
I always wanted to write movies.
- Oh. Well, then why--
- Because when you're a first-generation
Korean American, you become a lawyer
or a doctor, not a writer.
- I'll tell you what, I'll teach you to do what I do,
and you teach me about movies and TV.
How would you say deal?
I'd just say deal.
- Well, we gotta jazz that up. It's kind of--
On your own time.
Oh, yeah.
Deal.
It's a deal. Deal.
Dealio. Yeah, that's the one.
- Am I interrupting? - No.
- Did you happen to see we have a new client?
- A new star client signed by Rick Dodson.
You want me to give him the title now, don't you?
- The man did earn it. - He did.
You wanna give him the good news, or should I?
Why don't you do it?
- You mind if I ask why so generous?
Two reasons.
One, like you said, entertainment is what you do.
- And two? - You were right.
Cutting Ted out was a huge thing.
I dropped it on you at the last minute,
and I never expressed how much I appreciate
you taking my side, given your history.
Hey, you want a drink?
- It's why I got into law-- drinks at work.
It's funny.
Here you are fighting for Rick when, at the time,
you wanted it to be Erica Rollins that came over,
not him.
- What can I say? He killed it with Dylan Pryor.
Did you tell him that?
- He's getting head of entertainment.
I'm not gonna glaze him on top of it.
What the hell is glazing?
- It's an expression from my son.
Basically, every time I give someone a compliment,
he uses it to make me feel bad about myself.
To be honest, I'm not even sure I'm using it right.
[playful music]
Probably not.
♪ ♪
- I have to say, you have done well for yourself
in the private sector.
- You looking to make a change?
We could use some bodies around here.
Pass.
- Then let me give you what you came here for.
I took that sorry plea offer to my client.
- Pass. - Good.
That deal's off the table anyway.
- You came all the way here to tell me that?
- I came to get a jump on my discovery obligations.
Turns out your client's wife
was sleeping with the man he murdered.
[inhales sharply]
I don't know what you used to call it,
but down here at the local level,
we call it motive.
[soft dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- What are you doing here, Elizabeth?
- Amanda. So nice to see you.
I forgot you work here.
I was just delivering a little message to Mr. Black.
- In-person?
As I recall, you only do that when you're gloating.
- You are still sore about what happened
to that client of yours. What was his name again?
- You know damn well his name was Dante Everson.
You killed him.
Just as much as if you shivved him yourself.
- Well, if you don't want to get your bleeding heart
broken again, I suggest you not get involved
in the Lester Thompson case.
- It's a loser. - Oh, I had no such intention.
But now that I see your smug face,
if Ted ever asks for my help,
I am gonna come running.
[tense music]
♪ ♪