.
- You swore that you would testify against Pellegrini,
who is the most brutal mob boss that this city has ever seen.
You're under arrest
for the murder of Billy Esposito.
I got you now, Pellegrini.
- Did you know my father made Stuart
the executor of his will?
No, I didn't.
When did Ted's father die?
Two weeks ago.
- Did either of you know what was happening
when you cut him out of the merger?
both: No.
- I've got a 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.
- A few months ago, I found out Simon had funneled
$1/2 million out of the production
into his personal account.
Every time I submitted the movie's expenses
to the studio, I kept some receipts out of the stack.
- 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.
- What are you doing here, Elizabeth?
- If you don't want to get your bleeding heart broken again,
I suggest you not get involved in the Lester Thompson case.
- If Ted ever asks for my help, I am gonna come running.
.
♪ It takes one to know one ♪
♪ Back at it again ♪
[Cage the Elephant's "Neon Pill"]
♪ Birds of a feather ♪
♪ Until the end ♪
Just the man I wanted to see.
What do you need?
- Are you, by chance, a "Veronica Mars" fan?
Are you kidding me?
I've had a crush on Kristen Bell since--
you don't need to know that.
Where were we?
- Well, the man who plays her father--
Oh, Enrico Colantoni.
"Galaxy Quest," "Just Shoot Me."
"English Teacher." Need I go on?
Please don't.
- Need me to get him an audition?
- I need you to get him out of jail.
- What'd he get arrested for, being too awesome?
- He carved a sculpture into his neighbor's hedge.
That's a crime?
Oh.
Is that a--
- You know what it is. - Indeed.
I do.
You know I'm not a criminal attorney, right?
You're not, but...
Oh, I get it.
You want Stuart and I to work on this together.
I do.
Stuart's bedside manner isn't the best.
Enrico is important to me.
- He's particular. - Particular?
- Let's just say he's not the easygoing character
he plays on screen.
He is versatile.
- See, I don't care if it's Ryan Reynolds, Ryan Gosling,
or the corpse of Ryan O'Neal.
You are not getting any of them if you shoot this in Bulgaria.
And before you say Budapest, it's the same thing.
Oh, new ride.
- Just a little something-something.
Yeah? I pay you too much.
You pay you too much.
- What I pay me is none of my business.
That's etched in stone.
Words to live by.
But we have a problem.
- Did you make another associate throw up?
- Hey, if you wanna get paid a dollar a slice,
you better be able to keep it down.
- I see you're really growing as a leader.
Ted, I'm not kidding.
I got a call this morning.
The studio is taking Lester's name off his film.
- That doesn't sound like a problem.
That sounds like you need to tear
their general counsel to shreds.
- That's the thing--they're not using their in-house counsel.
Well, who are they using?
Are they using Myman-Greenspan?
- Railsback-Lane.
Rick or Samantha?
Samantha.
Okay, I will take care of it.
Hold on there, tiger.
I didn't tell you so you could take care of it.
I told you because I figured you'd wanna know.
- But now I do know, and I want in.
- Hey, you wanna ride shotgun, fine by me.
But two conditions.
One, keep your mouth shut.
And two, keep your mouth shut.
- That's not two--
Keep your mouth shut.
[upbeat music]
No.
What do you mean, no?
- You've got that "I want you to do something for me"
- look on your face. - You didn't even look at me.
My client's been arrested for vandalism.
- And my plate happens to be full this morning.
It's important to Samantha.
Yet she sent you.
Meaning?
- If you want me to do this, I want something in return.
- Well, that doesn't seem very fair.
- Nevertheless, any one of 15 other lawyers here
can help you this, so you know what it's gonna take.
No.
Friday night "Dungeons and Dinosaurs" at your house.
- For the hundredth time, it's "Dungeons and Dragons."
How hard is that?
- For a 12-year-old, it's not very hard.
- You want my help, you'll be there.
- Am I supposed to wear a costume?
- 'Cause I'm not doing that. - Yeah, you are.
'Cause if you're gonna have that kind of attitude,
you might as well not even come.
Fine.
Wizard's hat, and I'm drawing the line.
♪ ♪
- [sighs] He sucks the joy out of everything.
♪ ♪
Samantha, Erica Rollins.
Pleasure to finally meet you.
Right back at you.
I've heard nothing but great things.
Even if you did turn down our offer.
Okay, that's enough.
We know it was your idea to take
- Lester's name off the film. - Really?
- Four seconds in. - You said hello.
I'm saying it my own way.
- And let me say top of the morning to you.
What's that?
- For the record, it wasn't my idea.
But that's not gonna stop me from doing
what my client wants.
- I don't care what your client wants.
This is Lester's film.
- It was until he violated his morality clause when he--
what was it he did again?
Oh, yeah, when he shot the other producer in the head.
- Put an allegedly on the end of that sentence,
or you are slandering my client.
- And try to invoke this clause,
by the time that we are done suing you,
Lester will own the whole damn movie.
- You're right. If we go to court, you'll win.
But you know what else is going to happen?
Every skeleton in Lester's closet
will come out right before his murder trial.
And what do you think that's gonna do to your jury pool?
- ♪ 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 ♪
[vocalizing]
♪ ♪
♪ The greenback boogie ♪
.
All right, Mr. Colantoni,
let's see what we're dealing with here.
This is what they arrested you for? [chuckles]
I have to say, it's well-proportioned.
- If I had done it, I'd take that as a compliment.
But this whole charge is concocted by my neighbor,
who's been making my life hell ever since his stupid
TikTok video blew up and gets himself a streaming show,
and all of a sudden, he's got enough money
to buy himself a mansion.
Took me two hit shows to make that kind of money.
So the only question is, is what are you
gonna do about it, beard boy?
- Listen, asswipe, I'm not your entertainment lawyer,
I'm not your servant or your friend.
I'm here to get your sorry ass out of hot water.
- How dare you talk to me like that?
I was in "Galaxy Quest."
- Yeah, so was Sigourney Weaver.
- Oh, please. She had one job to do.
Did she have to play an alien? No.
- She was possessed in "Ghostbusters"!
Okay, she was good.
She was good in that.
- She's not sitting here right now.
You are because you carved a penis
into your neighbor's rhododendron.
- First of all, it wasn't just a penis.
It was the full package.
Second of all, it was petunias.
And most importantly, I told you, I didn't do this.
- Let's you and I drop the pretense.
You did this.
And it should be a vandalism charge.
But since you were dumb enough to use a chainsaw,
it's criminal trespassing, which puts you
behind bars for three years.
So you're gonna come clean with me right now.
Look, I'm sorry, okay?
I told you, I--
I know what it looks like.
[sighs]
But I didn't do this.
I believe you.
- Hey, what kind of place is this?
I still got a quarter of a bite left of my pastrami on rye.
- Take care of this mess then, pal.
I'm busy here.
- I love when we do that. - [laughs]
Look at this.
Small world.
Teddy Black, friendly neighborhood prosecutor,
as I live and breathe.
- Eddie, why don't you go clock out, buddy?
What in the hell do you think that you're doing here,
threatening my brother?
- Relax, Teddy. We don't go after family.
You know that.
- No, you just bribed my father to get him
to offer me a job.
- I was doing you a favor, and you should have taken it.
Corporate law, a lot safer.
- If you think that intimidation
is gonna stop me from putting you away,
you have no idea who you're dealing with.
- If you think you're putting me anywhere,
you're the one who doesn't know who they're dealing with.
Teddy, I want to go.
- Looks like your brother's upset.
By the way, shame about Billy Esposito.
Terrible way to go.
You two boys have yourselves a nice day.
[tense music]
♪ ♪
What's that?
Oh, it's, uh, nothing.
What do you need?
- Lester Thompson's coming in at 2:00.
You think of what you're gonna tell him yet?
- I thought this was your matter.
I was supposed to keep my mouth shut.
- And I was supposed to be 5'8".
But you can't keep your mouth shut, and I'm only 5'5".
So you're it.
- Listen, the only way to get Lester to take his name
off this movie is to put him into a corner
and then show him the way out.
So one of us needs to push him into a corner,
and the other one needs to show him the way out.
- Ooh, are you talking good cop, bad cop?
- I wouldn't exactly call it that.
- Call it that, or I'm not doing it.
- No. - Then I'm not doing it.
- Good cop, bad cop, it is. - Yes.
Then Lester Thompson better watch out
'cause he's about to get Terica'd.
- Nuh-uh.
Hey, we're not doing that.
We're not doing that.
- One question, one question only.
Did you know?
Did I know what?
- What Rico Colantoni carved into that hedge?
I have no idea.
What did he carve?
Banana?
You think this is funny?
- Yeah, I think it's funny. I worked all morning on this.
- [laughs] Yeah, right.
It's hysterical.
But in the future, don't send me in
- without all the information. - Copy that.
Next time, I'll make sure you have the full package.
- Just to be clear, this is the full package.
- Well, this isn't good. - No, it isn't.
I knew he was lying about doing it.
Now he's gonna lie about why he did it.
How do you know?
- Because people who commit crimes always lie.
There's something at the root of this,
and the only way to get to it is to bully him
into admitting it.
- Are you saying what I think you're saying?
Yes.
- Good cop. - Bad cop.
This is awesome. Can I be bad cop?
- No. - Why not?
- Because you don't have the apples.
You know, I'm sorry, I thought I could do this.
I can't.
I can.
No, I can't. That is terrible.
- I am not taking my name off this film.
I want you to fight this.
- If we take this to court, your chances of being convicted
go through the roof.
- What are you talking about? - It's a morality clause.
Things that are inadmissible in a murder trial
will be put on display here.
If we fight this, every shady thing that you've ever done
can be used against you in the Simon trial.
This is a crock.
You're right, Lester, it is.
But I have an idea.
We move your murder trial up.
We get you exonerated.
Erica, that's insane.
- We're gonna make this whole name off your--
- Erica. Erica! - What?
Lester will go to prison.
We don't know what they have, and we sure as hell
aren't ready to defend against it.
- He's right. Lester, it was a bad idea.
You know what?
Move up the trial.
- Lester, were you listening? It's not worth the risk.
It is to me.
When I was a kid, people picked on me.
And when I would go to the movies,
it was the only place where I could feel
like I was part of something without being made
to feel different.
I was right there with Indiana Jones, Han Solo, and Rocky.
These guys were not only my heroes,
but they were my friends.
I'm one of the most successful producers around.
Not one of my movies is worthy of 14-year-old me.
Until now.
This film is the only thing I've ever done
that I am proud of.
I did not murder Simon.
And I am not going to let a false accusation
take it from me.
- Lester, I understand, but--
Erica.
[soft music]
I'll take care of it, Lester.
.
Oh, there he is.
- Ready? - Let's rock it.
Rico, nice to meet you.
I'm Rick Dodson, head of entertainment.
- I don't see why I had to come all the way down here
just for him to make this thing go away.
- You live four minutes from here.
It's not the point.
I don't wanna establish a pattern.
- Actually, Rico, the reason we called you down here
is because we're both new to representing you,
and we wanted you to know that we're big fans of your work.
Well, that's more like it.
- I've got something to show you.
Yeah?
What is it, the torture scene in "Galaxy Quest"?
'Cause I improv-ed most of that scene.
- This happens to be some of your more recent work.
- Oh, yeah? "English Teacher"? Yeah.
That's great. So they--they caught the guy.
- This is my favorite part. - Mm.
I don't care. That's not me.
- Are you actually going-- - Okay, I did it. I did it.
- Yeah, we know you did it, Chainsaw Charlie.
We're trying to figure out why.
What do you mean, why?
His stupid petunias are on my property.
- Uh-uh. You lied before. You're lying now.
I will not have a client who lies to me.
- Why are you doing this to me? - We're just here to help.
- We can't do that if you don't tell us the goddamn truth.
- I don't want him on my team anymore.
- Well, moron, you should have thought about that
- before you-- - Stuart, that is enough!
He won't say another word if you just tell us the truth.
All right.
It wasn't about the petunias.
That TikToker made me look like a fool.
One day, I parked 2 inches inside his driveway
for like 15 minutes to rush in and use the facilities.
I have a sensitive colon.
Sorry to hear that.
- I gotta go, the clock is ticking.
Anyway, that night I got a call from the police
saying I needed to come down and get a ticket,
or I was gonna be arrested.
- For a parking violation? - They would never do that.
Well, I realize that now,
but he kept me on the phone for half an hour.
He put me through the wringer, and it wasn't until I got down
to the police station and I was asking for an Officer McCracken
that I realized--
- You were an idiot. - It was very convincing.
Anyway, that night I got home,
and there was a package on my doorstep.
And he had--he had recorded the whole call
so I wouldn't forget.
So, you know, petunia payback. So.
- Okay, we are gonna need to hear that tape.
I'd prefer you not.
Jail time or your dignity.
One or the other.
All right, I'll get it.
I'm only four minutes away. I'll be right back.
[upbeat music]
What are you doing here?
- You come to my meetings, I come to your meetings.
Besides, I've never actually been in a courtroom before.
Don't tell my boss.
Am I supposed to do this?
Couldn't hurt.
All right, let's get to it.
Mr. Black, I understand you have a motion.
- Yes, Your Honor, we would like to move
for an expedited trial and start as soon as possible.
What?
- My client's been accused of a heinous crime
that's not only damaged his reputation,
but it's affecting his livelihood.
- Are you sure this motion is in your client's best interest?
- [whispering] Can I take this? - All yours.
- None of this is in our client's interest, Your Honor.
His entire life has just been turned upside down.
But he is willing to risk his freedom to clear his name
and protect his legacy.
- [whispering] Very nice.
That's a pretty speech,
but we haven't had time to build our case.
- You had time to arrest him. You had time to arraign him.
- Your Honor, the state needs at least a week to respond.
She means to delay.
- I'm not gonna have my integrity questioned
by an entertainment lawyer who decided
to masquerade as a criminal defense attorney.
That's enough.
Ms. Smith, you have until tomorrow.
- You're not gonna get away with this.
If you're filing this motion,
it's because you're hiding something.
And I'm going to find out what that is.
[tense music]
♪ ♪
[elevator dings]
- I don't have the lease agreement with me,
but I'm pretty sure this isn't the office you rented.
- Evidently the previous occupant of this office
left in the middle of the night without my landlord realizing.
So I thought I'd borrow it
because he's too stupid to notice.
- Too soon? - Maybe.
But I'd be willing to let it go if you'd do something for me.
I filed a motion to expedite Lester's trial.
- Why would you do that? You can't possibly be ready.
- I'm not, but my client wants his name cleared,
even if that means rushing to trial.
- And let me guess, Elizabeth Smith
thinks that if you want it,
there must be something else going on.
- That's what I came to talk to you about.
You know her.
You know what she'll come at me with.
And I need your help to stop her.
- I'd love to help, but as I mentioned before,
getting producers out of trouble
isn't exactly my cup of tea.
- Maybe not, but I did overhear your conversation with Smith,
and I believe that the exact quote was,
"If he asks, I'll come running."
[soft exciting music]
It's time to come running.
In that case,
let me lace up my track shoes.
[laughs]
- Officer, I swear-- I swear, it was an emergency.
The mess was everywhere.
I didn't even make it to the toilet.
[laughter]
- Sir, I've told you several times
the law makes no exceptions...
[laughing] For bowel movements.
You can hear him laughing.
- Well, they should because it was an absolute crime scene.
- Sir, either you're here in 20 minutes,
or we're sending a patrol car to arrest you.
- 20 minutes, 20 minutes. Yes, I can do it.
Thank you for your kindness, Officer McCracken.
[laughter]
He says McCracken.
How does he not know?
Oh, man.
I gotta say, I get why Rico hates the guy,
but that was genius.
Oh, it was.
Just one thing, though.
- He shouldn't have gloated. - No, he should not have.
And now we know what we have to do.
Indeed, we do.
- Hey, Rick, I need to ask you something.
Were you good copping me earlier
with the "that's enough"?
Yes and no.
Stuart, when you're dealing with actors,
there's a line you can't cross.
Ted crossed that line plenty.
- Ted crossed that line on behalf of his clients,
- not with his clients. - Don't give me that.
I know the man.
- Well, then you know where it got him.
Stuart, I told you this before, I am not Ted,
but I am the head of entertainment.
You gotta hear what I'm telling you.
Erica.
Amanda.
What ya got there?
- Just a little something-something.
Do I smell moo shu chicken?
- You might be catching a hint of Beijing beef too.
- That's a lot of food for a young woman.
- Oh, I'm not gonna eat all this myself.
I hate moo shu chicken.
- Do you know anyone who really loves it?
- I believe I do, actually, but she's,
you know, busy helping Ted.
So I'm gonna have to share it with you.
- You know, there's a rule, you can't eat moo shu chicken
without an egg roll.
Yes.
- You know, Amanda, I keep doing this
because I feel like I haven't thanked you enough
for getting me out of that jam last year.
- Erica, you've done this, what, ten times?
Believe me, I feel appreciated.
Good.
- Pay up in moo shu. That's what I say.
[laughter]
.
- Amanda, the hearing is about to begin.
Where are you?
- All right, Ms. Smith, I read Mr. Black's motion,
and I'm inclined to start trial Monday
unless you can give me a compelling reason not to.
- Your Honor, the truth is, I had no compelling reason
until last night.
The state discovered a potential witness,
and we need time to verify their testimony.
How much time?
Normally, I'd say a month,
but I'd be willing to get it done in a week.
- Your Honor, this is incredibly convenient.
- And once again, my integrity is being called into question
by the Hollywood hotshot.
- Mr. Black, unless you have evidence she's stalling,
I'm inclined to give her the week.
- Your Honor, Amanda Stevens for the defense.
I'm sorry I'm late, but you don't need to catch me up.
I'm pretty sure I know what happened.
Ms. Smith needs another week for a mysterious
last-second witness.
The reason I am certain of this is because
she pulled the same stunt on this case.
And this case and this case.
Yet none of these witnesses ever materialized.
- Your Honor, I assure you, this is a real witness.
- Then I'm sure the prosecution will have no problem
disclosing this person's identity.
- I can't do that until we're locked down.
- Then disclose it to the judge.
If it doesn't pan out, no one will ever know.
- Ms. Smith, do you care to privately disclose
the identity of this witness?
Do you?
Not at this time, Your Honor.
- Then we start trial on Monday.
- Did that really require a last-minute entrance?
- Well, it's just more fun that way.
[soft tense music]
Told you I'd come running.
- Let me remind you, the last time you came running,
you ran into a buzz saw.
I might have lost this round.
But the sooner we go to trial,
the sooner your client goes to prison.
♪ ♪
Hey, you.
Everything okay?
- Yeah, no, I'm just in a--
I'm in a hurry to get to my game.
- Your game doesn't start for an hour.
What's going on?
- Um, yeah, I don't--
I wasn't going through your stuff,
but I saw there was an offer letter from a firm
in California, and I was just wondering
when you were gonna tell me about that.
- I was never going to tell you
because I get those all the time.
Do you?
- I also get asked out at the gym all the time.
Those, sometimes I say yes to.
Okay.
Ted, I love my life here.
I love you.
I'm not going anywhere.
But there is something I wanna talk to you about.
Is it switching gyms?
Because I would be good with that if you wanted to switch.
- Eddie talked to me about what happened at the diner.
He talked to you about that?
Of course.
We talk about a lot of things.
Ted, he was scared, and he didn't know
exactly what happened, but I'm pretty sure I do.
- Samantha, it's--
- I understand your job involves some risk.
I just wanna make sure you're not putting Eddie in danger.
- That man was not there for Eddie.
That man was there for me.
You have nothing to worry about.
[apprehensive music]
♪ ♪
- Ted, to what do I owe the pleasure?
I have a present for you.
- I hope you know I'm still a size four.
- It's a little smaller than that.
This is an injunction
preventing you from removing Lester's name from his movie
until after his case is decided.
- You got his trial moved up, didn't you?
Starts Monday.
- Well, I hope you're prepared to lose
because we just completed an audit, and it turns out
Lester was stealing from his own movie.
[scoffs]
- You knew. - It's not what you think.
Simon was stealing from the movie.
Lester was trying to pay it back.
- That's even worse for his trial.
- Samantha, I'm telling you that Lester is not a murderer.
That's not my concern.
My client wants your client to take his name off the movie.
You do that, I'll see what I can do
about keeping this quiet.
- Pickleball Nation, I'm taking over.
Watch it. Come on. Hit me. Whoo!
I'm just a natural at this. Come on, now.
See, I'm the king of this.
I've only been playing for a minute.
Let's go, baby. Come on.
Hit me. Hit me. No, no, a little higher, dude.
No.
That's on you, man. Hey!
I don't wanna sign autographs while I'm working.
It's a pickleball court. Have a little respect, please.
For the game or for you?
What's going on here, boomer?
- Oh. [chuckles] - Boomer?
We're here to let you know you're gonna drop the charges
against Enrico Colantoni.
Am I also gonna cure cancer?
'Cause I'm not doing either one.
- Well, if you don't drop the charges,
you're gonna end up in prison.
For what?
That clown and I have had beef for a year,
and nothing that I did was as bad as vandalism.
- I think you're forgetting you impersonated a police officer.
- Officer McCracken in particular.
Are you kidding me?
What are you gonna put me away for, being hilarious?
- See, that's exactly what Rico said
when you had them arrest him.
- If he's getting charged, so are you.
- Or did you forget you hand-delivered him a recording?
- You can't use that. I gave that to him voluntarily.
- It doesn't make any difference, you moron.
So what's it gonna be?
- Yeah, they'll drop the charges.
Damn it.
And the racket.
You three, get a real job.
- Ted, I got notification the studio is auditing the film.
Now, is there anything in there I should know about?
- [sighs] The audit's already done.
They just sent this over to remind me of their threat.
What threat?
- Simon was stealing from the movie.
Lester found out.
And if that comes out at trial, it will look like
Lester killed him in a rage.
How do you know all this?
- Because I went over there to tell Samantha we had him,
and she dropped this on me.
You went without me?
Ted, I know we were joking earlier, but this is my case.
The studio part of it is.
But this was potentially affecting his trial,
and I made a call.
Look, we can discuss my methods later.
Right now, I could use your help.
I'll help you.
But next time, keep me in the loop.
Noted.
Now, what do you got?
- I've been thinking about how Amanda
outplayed Elizabeth Smith.
She knew her playbook, and she used it against her.
- And you wanna use Samantha's playbook against her?
- Right, but I haven't found an opening.
- Well, maybe you have the right idea.
You're just looking in the wrong place.
How do you mean?
- Well, I don't know Samantha's playbook,
but I definitely know the studio's.
[suspenseful music]
- Bill! - Ted.
- I haven't seen you since the Denzel negotiations.
- Oh, that wasn't a negotiation.
That was me cleaning your clock.
- [chuckles] Well, he's worth every penny.
But you didn't have to come all the way down here
just to hand me Lester's signature.
- Well, there's just something about being on a studio lot.
- Oh, I get it. Magic of the movies.
- Nope, it reminds me of the mountain of money
that you're sitting on
that you do not wanna share with anybody.
What's going on here?
- We're not here to take Lester's name off his movie.
We're here to tell you what's gonna happen
if you go down this road.
- Because there's nothing a studio wants less
than someone auditing one of their pictures.
- And it just so happens if you release
an audit of this movie...
- It triggers our ability to audit
every one of Lester's movies he's ever made with you.
That mountain of money goes from your bank account
straight into Lester's.
- Okay, Bill and I need a minute to digest this.
- I don't need to digest a goddamn thing.
'Cause here's the deal--
Lester Thompson is a slimy piece of crap.
He's cheated me on every film we've ever made,
and I've always hated him.
So you win.
We won't release our audit.
And he could keep his name on his little movie,
but it'll never see the light of day
'cause I'd rather cut my arm off
than see that picture released with his name on it.
- Bill. - I'll take the write-off.
It won't even hurt my bottom line.
Are you kidding me?
What happened to your whole magic of movies bull?
- Erica, Bill has made his position clear.
- No, we can't just sit by and let him get away with this.
- I think what Ted's trying to tell you is,
you don't have any other choice.
♪ ♪
.
[grunts]
Take the base!
- [sighs] I got to go talk to my pitcher.
- Looks like his shortstop's got that handled.
You got to be kidding me.
- Listen, playoff's are on the line.
I'm my usual three for three.
You want to tell me what's going on with you?
- Nothing is going on. - Really?
Because you're the closest thing to Batman
besides me that I've ever seen.
And he's the second batter you've hit this inning.
- First of all, you're the closest thing
to Batman that I've ever seen besides me.
- Batman doesn't say things like that.
- And second, Klepper was crowding the plate,
and Reynolds had it coming.
- If the plan is to throw at everyone who's had it coming,
then I'm gonna sit back, and you can knock 'em down
one by one, but that's not what's going on right now.
- Hey, we gonna play sometime this week?
both: Shut up, Reynolds!
- Next time, do us all a favor and hit him in the mouth.
- I'm a little frustrated. - What's going on?
- Pellegrini came to Eddie's diner.
Eddie told Samantha. They're both scared.
And I'm on tilt because this scumbag
has gotten under their skin.
- I get it, but Pellegrini's not here right now,
and we have a game to win, so get him out of your head.
After this is over, I'll buy you a couple drinks,
we'll talk this thing through.
- Thanks, Harvey. - Go get 'em, Batman.
Batman.
[soft music]
[sighs]
♪ ♪
[line trilling]
- Whatever it is, Bill is not going to change his mind.
- Maybe not, but what Bill said did get me thinking.
He's always hated Lester, but every actor that has ever
worked with Lester loves him,
including some of my biggest clients.
- Ted, be careful what you're about to say.
Denzel loves him.
Matt loves him.
- Leo-- - Get to it.
- Not only do they love Lester,
they hate the idea of a studio head burying a huge movie
out of spite because they know if it could happen to Lester,
it could happen to them.
You're bluffing.
And I'm not taking an empty threat to my client.
- If Bill buries Lester's movie,
not one A-list client will ever work with him again.
And when that story gets out,
how long do you think that Bill will last
as the head of the studio?
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
- You're telling me he's dropping everything,
all the charges?
You are 100% off the hook.
And yet I'm not satisfied.
What are you talking about?
- We both dropped the charges. It's a draw.
It's time for the kill shot. Pow!
- Rico, you were going to go to prison.
- Yeah, but now I'm not, and I want more.
I want more.
What's really going on here?
What are you talking about?
[drink burbles]
- Listen, if I'm gonna represent you, I need you--
can you stop?
[drink burbles]
If I'm gonna represent you,
I need you to feel comfortable telling me the truth.
What is at the heart of this beef?
- My kids like him more than they like me.
They watch his stream, and they can't stop laughing.
And they used to laugh like that watching me.
Now I'm like just a joke.
- What if you were a guest on his stream?
Then your kids would see a different side of you.
Yeah, no. He hates my guts.
You let me worry about that.
If I can't make this happen for you,
I don't deserve to represent you.
Okay.
Good.
- By the way, where's beard boy?
- Yeah, you'll never have to see him again.
I don't understand.
- Well, you said you don't want him on your team,
and I pride myself on hearing my clients.
You know, Rick, we just met.
But I think I love you.
Rico, we did just meet.
And you do love me.
- [laughs] I do.
[laughter]
Hey, Lester, I'm with Erica.
We got an update for you.
- The studio is gonna bury the film
if you insist on keeping your name on it.
- God damn it. - Hang on, there's more.
I told them if they bury the movie
that no A-list piece of talent that you've worked with
will ever do another movie with them again.
- You got all those people to stand up for me?
- No, I did try, and they love you,
but you know how this town works.
So you bluffed?
- Yeah, and if it doesn't work,
you're gonna have a decision to make.
Don't you get it, Ted?
I am losing my reputation.
If this trial doesn't go my way, I'll lose my freedom.
And now they're saying unless I don't take credit for it,
the most important thing I've ever done
will never see the light of day.
- Lester, I haven't known you very long,
but I wanna say something.
Sometimes I get pissed at Ted.
He cuts me out of meetings, and he swoops in
and takes credit for things I've done.
But it doesn't matter, 'cause I don't do this for credit.
I do this because I love what I do.
I guess what I'm trying to say is,
anyone who counts knows that this is your baby.
Hmm.
Well, you better hope your bluff works.
But if it doesn't, I want my baby out in this world.
[soft music]
♪ ♪
- I didn't know you felt that way.
- You think you're the only one who knows how to tell a client
- what they need to hear? - Oh, no.
Truth is, you give me credit.
But you cut me out of meetings sometimes too.
- Now that I know that it leads to you kicking so much ass,
I'm gonna do it more often.
[chuckles]
Well, I'd say my performance deserves a drink.
- Erica, I really do feel like the work is its own reward.
Lester Thompson got Terica'd.
- No. - [chuckles]
What'll it be, boys?
- We're gonna have two Guinness and, Eddie, whatever you want.
- No, we're not gonna drink that cheap crap that you like.
We're here to celebrate you getting your head
out of your ass and pitching us into the playoffs.
- I feel like I just got insulted and complimented
at the same time.
- Harvey Specter, nice to meet you.
Macallan 25, three of them.
- Hey, Eddie doesn't need that. - Yes, he does.
Eddie, it is the smoothest drink
you'll ever taste.
- Harvey, he'd be happy with a pineapple juice
from across the street.
- Uh-uh, I want the smoothest drink you ever taste.
See? Eddie gets it.
- Eddie, you don't even like beer.
- Just relax, buddy boy. - Yeah, buddy boy.
God damn it, Harvey.
You lied. This is awful.
I'm getting a pineapple juice.
I mean, money well spent.
Harvey, I really appreciated this.
I need to get my mind off things.
- Ted, I'm gonna tell you something,
and you didn't hear it from me, but I called my people
at the DA's office, and word is,
Pellegrini has someone in your office.
That's how they found Billy.
Harvey, do I need to be worried?
- No, right now, it's you against Pellegrini.
Even he knows, he gets rid of you,
they'll send an army after him.
- [sighs] Thanks, Harvey.
How long are you gonna play for the prosecutors league?
You left the DA like five years ago.
- You want to play for a championship with me?
Or would you like to play for a championship against me?
- Oh, you think I couldn't take you.
- There's only one Batman. - I know.
- You just bought him a drink. - I know.
I bought myself a drink, and I'm Batman.
You can be Robin.
- I'm Superman. - That's cheating.
- That's exactly what Batman would say to Superman.
You're Batman. I'm Superman.
No takebacks.
Said Robin. I win.
- Agree to disagree. Don't say anything else.
- That is kryptonite, by the way.
- Doesn't matter. I'm Robin.
- Now? - Yeah.
To Robin.
[upbeat music]
.
- ♪ Your job's a joke, you're broke ♪
♪ Your love life's DOA ♪
♪ It's like you're always stuck in second gear ♪
Hey.
- Hey. What are you guys watching?
- What we're always watching, our favorite.
- "Friends." - Oh, okay.
Scoot over. I've had a long day.
Easy, cowboy.
- I'm sitting here. - What?
That's my spot, man.
Bring it on.
This is my spot.
- Apparently, it's not your spot tonight.
- Okay, well, I'm gonna make us some popcorn.
[chuckles]
- ♪ But I'll be there for you ♪
♪ When the rain starts to fall ♪
♪ I'll be there for you ♪
♪ Like I've been there before ♪
♪ I'll be there for you ♪
♪ 'Cause you're there for me too ♪
- How long have you been standing there?
Not long.
You just looked so peaceful.
I didn't wanna ruin it by telling you
Bill doesn't care about your threat.
He's burying the film anyway.
Is he?
No, I was just bluffing.
Like I know you were with Denzel, Damon, and Leo.
But Bill didn't want to risk his job,
so I'm here to tell you,
Lester's film is officially getting released
with his name on it.
Care to put that in writing?
How did you know that I was hypothetically bluffing?
- I can tell when you're bluffing, Ted.
I've seen all your faces.
- [chuckles] We were on the phone.
- I was speaking metaphorically.
I knew that.
I knew it.
It's funny.
There was a time you mocked what I did.
You wouldn't give a man like Lester the time of day,
and you sure as hell wouldn't defend
someone accused of murder.
You are not the same man you were when we were together.
- Is that a good thing or a bad thing?
I like it.
- I'm not the only one that's not the same.
How am I different?
You're stronger.
You mean colder?
No, Samantha, I don't.
Listen, did it ever occur to you
that you could have partnered with me instead of Stuart?
It did.
But the fact is, you still put Ted Black's needs
above everyone else's.
Just because it doesn't get anyone killed anymore
doesn't make it okay.
- You still blame me for Cameron.
- You still think that's why I left.
It's not.
It's that you were more concerned
with getting Pellegrini back than with what I needed.
I was doing that for you.
I know you believe that.
- If you had gone with me instead of Stuart,
we could have made a heck of a team.
Hypothetically.
[soft music]
♪ ♪
Who was that?
Samantha Railsback.
- The woman who gutted your firm?
The very one.
But I don't wanna talk about her.
I'd like to talk about you. Did you get my note?
- You mean this eviction notice written in crayon?
- I didn't want you to think it was real.
- What did you want me to think?
Come with me.
- ♪ Got a feeling I won't have enough time ♪
♪ Locking my eyes into next year's light ♪
♪ ♪
- Are you asking me to move in with you?
- Well, it's-- it's lonely up there.
- You mean you're lonely down here?
- Amanda, I saw the look in your eyes
when you took down Smith.
I'm going to trial next week,
and I might need your help again.
- Just to be clear, as long as that's a possibility,
I'd consider us to be working together.
So you might wanna think about that.
Duly noted.
What do you think about this?
- ♪ Change is coming, yeah, a change is coming ♪
- I--I have no choice.
I've been evicted by crayon.
- I know a good pro bono lawyer that might be able
- to get you out of it. - What's her name?
Maybe I can pawn off this stupid murder trial
I just got saddled with.
Idiot McGee.
- Capital M, capital G or--
- She doesn't know because she's--she's--
- She's a-- - She's an idiot, yeah.
- ♪ Somehow this silence shouldn't be so quiet ♪
♪ While everything I believe ♪
♪ Fades away before my eyes ♪
- Only one man I know would send that.
I guess he wanted to acknowledge my promotion.
- I think it's a little more than that.
Hey, I just wanted to stop by and see how it went with Rico.
We worked it out.
I even got him a guest spot on the TikToker's show.
- [chuckles] McCracken.
- I think you mean Officer McCracken.
Hmm.
Hey, about our conversation earlier,
I've never had the best bedside manner.
I just always thought if I got the job done,
what did it matter?
- You mean, what does it matter to treat people with kindness?
Yeah, about that.
One of the reasons I left Ted is,
we didn't always bring out the best in each other.
And I'm hoping I can reset that dynamic here with you.
I appreciate you keeping me honest.
I'll try and keep it up.
- Oh, you know, Rick? - Yeah?
- You don't have to play "D&D" on Friday night anymore.
- Oh, my God, that's great, 'cause I had this--
- I'm just kidding. 6:00 p.m. sharp.
And you're not wearing that wizard hat,
you can start looking for a new job.
Incremental growth.
I'm not wearing that hat.
I quit.
I didn't come this far to come this far.
- ♪ Change is coming, yeah, a change is coming ♪
♪ Yeah, a change is coming ♪
♪ I can feel a change is coming ♪
♪ Yeah, a change is coming ♪
♪ And I can't hide from it ♪
♪ I can feel a change is coming ♪
♪ Yeah, a change is coming ♪
♪ I can feel a change is coming ♪
♪ Yeah, a change is coming ♪
♪ And I can't hide from it ♪
♪ I can feel a change is coming ♪
♪ Yeah, a change is coming ♪
Aaron. Aaron!