Suits LA Season 1 Episode 70
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00:00Previously on Suits L.A.
00:01What can I do for you?
00:02I want you and not Ted.
00:04I need you to get me an audition.
00:06I will make you a partner on day one.
00:08You can skip right to the front of the line.
00:10I don't sell my soul defending criminals,
00:12and I don't want to skip to the front of the damn line.
00:14Pellegrini paid a lawyer to offer you a job.
00:17If it comes out that your father took money from the mob,
00:19everyone will think you're as dirty as he is.
00:21John Amos was in here before.
00:23I told him if you wouldn't get him an audition, I would.
00:27Ted?
00:27I used to think I wanted to be him.
00:28I don't anymore.
00:29And I have to leave before I forget that.
00:31You created the dynamic you had with your father at work.
00:34You did it with Stuart.
00:36You did it with Rick.
00:37You need to see your father and forgive him.
00:38He does not get to be forgiven.
00:40I always wanted to write movies.
00:41Well, then why?
00:42Because when you're a first-generation Korean-American,
00:44you become a lawyer, not a writer.
00:46Give up the case.
00:47I can't do that.
00:48I left you Ted,
00:49but I'm going to accept an offer from one of the firms in Los Angeles.
00:51I have a videotape of Lester's confession.
00:53Once the jury watch it, this trial is going to be over.
00:56Not bad for your first time as defense attorney.
00:58Couldn't have done it without you.
00:59Good morning.
01:06It certainly is.
01:07I love the smell of victory.
01:08Apparently not the smell of humility.
01:10Oh, please.
01:11Humility is just pretending you didn't win when everyone knows that you dominated.
01:13Or it's arrogance.
01:14Boring!
01:15All I'm saying is, I don't feel the need to crow after every little win.
01:18Says the woman who started in here dressed like that.
01:20This old thing?
01:21This is just my, we put Elizabeth Smith into the ground outfit.
01:24Look who's not humble now.
01:26Please.
01:27Humility is for losers.
01:28Where's to live by?
01:29Which I do.
01:30Thank you, Rosalind.
01:31Listen, we have a staff meeting this morning.
01:33I'd like you to be there.
01:34Do you mind telling me why?
01:35I will tell you in the meeting.
01:36Right now there's something I need to take care of.
01:40You thinking about how you're gonna miss all of us?
01:47More like wondering what the big mystery is that Rosalind wanted me to meet you here.
01:50No mystery.
01:51I just know that you're leaving on Thursday.
01:53And I wanted to make sure that you got paid.
01:56In full.
01:57Check the date.
02:01Don't you think this is missing a zero?
02:05Are you kidding?
02:06That's double what I said I'd pay you as a bonus.
02:09Bonus that's missing a zero.
02:10Uh-huh.
02:11I mean, come on, Ted, I did break a lot of stuff out here.
02:13You mean you found out the truth.
02:14I'm with you.
02:15Withheld it from you.
02:16Where's this going?
02:17And then allowed me to put it on a defense that could have gotten me disbarred.
02:19I'll give you that one.
02:20And you want an extra zero.
02:21I said no such thing.
02:22Thanks, Ted.
02:23You're welcome.
02:24Listen, Kevin, I know it goes without saying, but there is...
02:29There's always an office here with your name on it.
02:32You know, it's funny.
02:33Been out here all this time and you never gave me an office.
02:35It's a metaphor.
02:36You're a metaphor.
02:38You don't know what a metaphor is, do you?
02:40And I never will.
02:43We'll miss you, buddy.
02:44I'll miss you, too.
02:46Ted, it's time.
02:48Everyone's in the conference room.
02:49Can you not see that we're in the middle of a man hug?
02:51I waited as long as I could.
02:52I just said that stupid metaphor bit.
02:54I thought we would be here till Tuesday.
02:56I'm not gonna miss you, Roussler.
02:58You already do.
03:02It occurs to me that this is our very first partners meeting of the newly merged entity.
03:07And Samantha and I have yet to discuss who, in fact, shall steer this blessed ship on her maiden voyage.
03:12You're the one who called the meeting, Stuart.
03:14I hate these things.
03:15It always starts with a bad joke before the inevitable ten minutes reading the agenda.
03:19Onto item number four.
03:21I have a meeting today with David Bowie.
03:23Rock icon David Bowie?
03:25I love that guy.
03:26Didn't he die like ten years ago?
03:28He's talking about a different David Bowie.
03:31There's two David Bowies?
03:33I didn't know there was one.
03:34Oh, Jesus Christ.
03:35Yeah.
03:36Passed away in 2016.
03:37The question is how.
03:39That is not the question.
03:40Just give me a sec.
03:41I'll have your answer.
03:42Is this how these things usually go?
03:44Watch this.
03:45Copeland, clean out your desk.
03:46You're fired.
03:47And Melissa's cheating on you.
03:49Liver cancer.
03:50A silent killer.
03:52If...
03:53I may continue.
03:55I think that I...
03:57Sorry, Stuart.
03:58I have to go.
03:59Okay.
04:00I get that I'm the only one who takes these meetings seriously,
04:02but I don't think it's too much to ask to...
04:05Sorry, Rick.
04:07I'll do what you have to do.
04:15You're an idiot.
04:16I called this meeting because all of you know what we've gone through.
04:20What you might not be aware of is that this morning,
04:23we made the front page, baby.
04:27Yes.
04:29I appreciate that.
04:30But this applause should be for all of you.
04:32You could have left.
04:34You did not.
04:35So this is for all of us.
04:38I couldn't have done it without you.
04:42Now, you may have also noticed there is a non-member of the firm here.
04:46Amanda Stevens.
04:47And that is because without her, this headline may very well have read guilty.
04:52Therefore...
04:53Ted, sorry to interrupt.
04:54I need to talk to you.
04:55Rosalyn, we are in the middle of a movie.
04:56I know, but this can't wait.
04:57What happened?
04:58I just found out.
05:00Tony almost died.
05:01I'm sorry, everyone.
05:02This meeting is going to have to be put on hold.
05:04I'm sorry, everyone.
05:05This meeting is going to have to be put on hold.
05:18I'm sorry.
05:19I'm sorry.
05:20I just found out to .
05:23See the money when it was .
05:26Give it to me.
05:27Give it to the beat.
05:28So bye for you, wife.
05:29Everybody want to know how it feels.
05:33Everybody want to see what it's like.
05:36Believe it in me, love.
05:38I do not.
05:39Me this is the waiting.
05:41This is just making fun.
05:43What do we have here?
05:55Betty Bearclaw?
05:58Sally Sprinkles is looking pretty fit and tasty.
06:02Ooh, Jelly Phil Judy.
06:03Looks like we have a winner.
06:05A man who names his donuts.
06:08I'm comfortable in my choices.
06:10I'm not mad at it.
06:10Seriously, Kevin, I have a favor to ask before you head back to New York.
06:14Yeah, yeah, what do you got?
06:15Tomorrow is my mom's birthday, and we have a tradition of going to dinner the night before, just the two of us.
06:21And I wanted to do something special.
06:23She an attractive woman?
06:24What does that have to do with it?
06:25Please, continue.
06:26So she has a friend from elementary school in Altadena.
06:29Her name's Caroline Baker.
06:31They've lost touch over the years, but she still talks about her.
06:34And I was wondering if...
06:35You want me to find her?
06:37Yes.
06:38Here's everything I know about her.
06:40I'll do what I do.
06:43Okay.
06:44I'll give you some privacy.
06:45We're gonna need it.
06:48Did you miss me?
06:49Yes, you did.
06:54Like, this is what I'm saying.
06:55How did they do this so perfectly?
06:57Whenever I try it, it turns out like a shapeless blob.
07:00You know I love when we do that.
07:02That's actually why I wanted to meet you here.
07:04Oh, my God.
07:05Is this what I think it is?
07:05Don't get me wrong.
07:06My current lawyer is fine, but I want someone who really gets me.
07:10And let's face it, that's you.
07:11I will face it.
07:12I know.
07:13It is me.
07:13I know.
07:16I would love to be your new lawyer.
07:17Great.
07:18Then let's get started.
07:19I have a new script.
07:20I'd love to see what you can do with it.
07:23May the force be with me.
07:26Did you hear the news?
07:28I did.
07:28Do you know where we're going?
07:31I do.
07:32One thing.
07:33What's that?
07:34Take a car.
07:35Already done.
07:48Okay.
07:49What is so urgent that you pulled me away from preparing for the biggest trial of my career?
07:52I called you because I need to know if I'm facing criminal charges.
07:56What?
07:56Why?
07:57I got a target letter from your office last night saying I was the subject of an investigation.
08:03If you got this, you already know that you're facing charges.
08:06Tell me what you want from me because I am not risking my career to get you out of whatever this is.
08:12Your career is why I'm goddamn in this.
08:15You did something.
08:18Pellegrini has proof.
08:20And that is what he used to get you to offer me a job.
08:23He didn't pay you.
08:24He extorted you.
08:25And when you didn't come through, he hung you out to dry to make me look dirty.
08:31Tell me I'm wrong.
08:33Talking to me as my son or as a U.S. attorney?
08:36If you're asking me that, we have nothing more to discuss.
08:39Teddy.
08:39Don't.
08:40Teddy me.
08:41You got yourself into this.
08:42You can get yourself out.
08:50Ted.
08:51Rick, it's good to see you.
08:56You too.
08:57Just wish it wasn't for this.
08:59I'm glad you could make it.
09:01No one else understands what losing John means.
09:04You might not remember this, but he's actually the first client you let me share.
09:07You won't know this, but I didn't want to share him.
09:09He was my first client.
09:13But he saw something in you, and somewhere along the way, he convinced me that you would take far better care of him than me.
09:24I know.
09:26John told me.
09:27Never cared for the man.
09:28Terrible judge of character.
09:29Look at that.
09:34He's gone.
09:37And he's still putting us back together.
09:38You always had a way.
09:41America's father.
09:47John.
09:47It's John.
09:49America's father.
09:53I miss this.
09:54Me too.
09:55Can we...
09:56What do you say we have a few more?
10:01Depends on if you can pace yourself.
10:03Me?
10:03Please.
10:04We both know I can drink you on the table.
10:10Let's go.
10:14David Bowie.
10:15And you are?
10:15Stuart Lane.
10:17I know you're a busy man, so let's get right to it.
10:19You were hired by the studio to stop a whistleblower from coming forward.
10:22I wasn't hired by anyone to do anything.
10:24And yet, somehow, Ann Jones' car blew up.
10:26I don't like your tone.
10:27You're not hiring me for my tone.
10:29You're hiring me to get you off.
10:30I haven't hired you at all.
10:31Speaking of which, why isn't Samantha Rails back here?
10:34Why would she be?
10:35She's entertainment.
10:35This is a criminal matter.
10:37I've been accused of a crime.
10:38If I want people in this industry to keep hiring me, well...
10:41You need a veneer of respectability.
10:43Again, with the tone.
10:44I didn't come here for your criminal expertise.
10:47I came here because I want Samantha Rails back at a press conference saying that she believes in me.
10:52People respect her, so they'll respect me.
10:55What they'll respect is me winning your case and you walking away free.
10:59Any monkey can win this case.
11:01Get me Samantha Rails back, or I'll find myself another chimp.
11:05Oh, look, the car's here.
11:21Yay!
11:21Y'all right there, slugger?
11:23Mm-hmm.
11:23Looking a little unsteady on your feet.
11:25I'm steady.
11:26Yeah.
11:27Steady as a rock.
11:28Oh!
11:29Star!
11:30We just, um, we just saying words now?
11:33Come on.
11:33Up, you got them.
11:35Yeah.
11:37You're good.
11:37I'm great.
11:39Do you get it?
11:40What?
11:40Do you know how many stars there are on the Hollywood Walk of Fame?
11:43I do not know, but I bet that you do.
11:45I don't know.
11:46But I do know.
11:48Now, one of these stars is for John Amos.
11:51But you and I, we're gonna change that.
11:54Forever.
11:54That is an excellent idea.
11:56This is why you should have six old fashions more often.
12:00You have a great chin.
12:03Look at your hair.
12:03Look at my hair.
12:05Who knows?
12:06Dragon!
12:08Oh.
12:11Mr. Ted Black, that's not me.
12:16I was looking for you.
12:18Well, you found me.
12:19Just like I found your mother's friend.
12:23Alive and well and living in Phoenix.
12:27I don't know how to thank you.
12:28You already have.
12:30You know, doing this, I've been thinking.
12:34Except for once.
12:36Ted and I didn't talk to each other for the past 15 years.
12:39And somewhere in there, my wife died.
12:43I didn't know it at the time, but I sure had had him to talk to.
12:48Well, now I realize how special it's been for me to be here these last weeks.
12:55Who is this handsome man?
12:57Oh, wait a minute.
12:58Wait a minute.
13:00Very handsome.
13:01Oh, I'm not going to fight you.
13:04Mom?
13:05Oh, Erica, I'm married, not dead.
13:07Oh, I like her already.
13:08So does my father.
13:10Kevin, this is my mom, Mrs. Anita Rollins.
13:13Mommy, this is Kevin.
13:14I'll say goodbye.
13:15It's nice to meet you, Anita.
13:16Nice to meet you.
13:17And you must be a hell of a mother to raise such a wonderful daughter.
13:22I'll call you.
13:23Mom!
13:25At the workplace?
13:27It's my birthday.
13:29Come on.
13:29Get in the car.
13:30Get in the car.
13:38Why is my chair touching me?
13:41I thought you might like a massage.
13:43Oh, Ted, you got to get in on this, man.
13:45This is amazing.
13:46I'm sure it is.
13:47You need to say, this is amazing.
13:49No, I don't want to.
13:50Say it, it's amazing.
13:52Say it, say it.
13:52It's amazing.
13:53It's amazing.
13:58What's amazing?
14:01You are, Slugger.
14:03You are.
14:05You know, I never told you this.
14:08But ever since I left, I realized an Erica, you know?
14:27Well, all I'm saying is, would it hurt you to show just a little bit of cleavage?
14:31This check is not going to pay for itself.
14:33Oh, my goodness.
14:35You were on one tonight.
14:37In fact, the way you were flirting with Kevin ought to ban you from my office.
14:41Well, you do what you have to do, okay?
14:43But I was flirting for a reason.
14:45What do you mean?
14:45I heard him talking about his wife.
14:47The man covers it up, but he is still mourning.
14:50I just wanted to wake him up a little.
14:53You got all that from meeting him in two minutes?
14:55I got all that in two seconds.
14:56The sound of his voice when he was talking about her reminds me of my father.
15:02He never recovered after your grandmother passed.
15:05You're saying Kevin needs to get himself back out there?
15:07I'm saying he needs something.
15:10Hmm.
15:13Well, speaking of needing something, I tracked down Caroline Baker.
15:19Erica, Kevin was right.
15:30I am an amazing mother.
15:35You are.
15:37Happy birthday, Mommy.
15:39Thank you, baby.
15:40Rosalyn, do you have a minute?
15:49I signed my first client today.
15:52She is an accomplished writer, and she gave me her newest script to read.
15:55And?
15:56And I think I can write a better one.
16:00And that got me thinking about The Road Not Taken,
16:02and I was wondering if you think Erica and Ted would be open to me taking a sabbatical.
16:07I don't see why they wouldn't be.
16:10Really?
16:11Of course.
16:11It's no different than when Ted put himself up for training day instead of Denzel Washington.
16:15Ted did that?
16:16No.
16:17Because Ted is a lawyer, not an actor, and he would never sell his client out.
16:20Well, it's not like that.
16:21Let me tell you what it's like.
16:23Now, three weeks ago, you were polishing your resume,
16:25and now, on the day you signed your first client,
16:28you're thinking of changing careers?
16:30Well, I just wanted to see it.
16:31Leah, I understand the concept of Road Not Taken,
16:36but if you're going to have a career as a writer,
16:39it's not taking a sabbatical.
16:41It's dedicating your life to it.
16:45So here's what I'm going to do.
16:47I'm going to grant you a 48-hour sabbatical.
16:51Pick a lane.
16:52Ria?
17:06Hey.
17:07What are you doing here?
17:08It's like 3 in the morning.
17:09It's 8.30.
17:10Whatever.
17:11Why are you here?
17:12Um, well, we were approached by a writer for representation.
17:16Unfortunately, we have a conflict,
17:18but we all think he has a lot of potential,
17:21and I thought you might want the inside track.
17:24Okay.
17:24Well, I need to read a sample.
17:27Well, I actually have four of his scripts right here.
17:31Ezra Bruser.
17:32Name sounds familiar.
17:34Have you read all these?
17:36Yeah, many times.
17:37Thanks, Leah.
17:38Of course.
17:39Please leave.
17:39Yeah, I will.
17:40I was never...
17:40I was never...
17:41Yeah.
17:41Bye.
17:41I need to talk to you for a minute.
17:48I met with David Bowie today.
17:50You signed him?
17:51Not exactly.
17:52Turns out my services aren't all he's looking for.
17:55Why don't you get to it, Stuart,
17:56because I'm not in the habit of representing criminals.
17:58He's not just any criminal, and you know it.
18:00He operates in your world.
18:01He fixes problems for studios using violence,
18:03intimidation, and who knows what else.
18:06Dress him up any way you want.
18:07We aren't in the same world.
18:09Look, all the man wants is for you to say a few words
18:11on his behalf at a press conference.
18:13He wants to use my reputation to whitewash his,
18:16and I'm not doing it.
18:17I don't believe it.
18:18This is Ted Black all over again.
18:20What did you just say to me?
18:22I came here because I thought things would be different,
18:24and here you are holding your nose
18:25at my side of the business just like Ted.
18:27I'm not holding my nose at it.
18:29I just don't want to be in it.
18:30Your name's on the goddamn letterhead.
18:32You're in it whether you want to admit it or not.
18:34I have a client who doesn't need anything more from you
18:37than to utter three sentences and walk away.
18:40You can't do that.
18:42I'm no better off than when I was working with Ted.
18:53Oh.
18:54Fancy meeting you here.
18:55Me?
18:56Never knew you'd be a breakfast girl.
18:58Truth be told, I'm in no hurry
18:59to get to the office this morning.
19:02Your boy, Stuart, is a piece of work.
19:04I'm meeting someone.
19:05I have a few minutes.
19:06Let me have it.
19:08We got into it over David Bowie.
19:09Okay.
19:10Stuart wants me to publicly vouch for him,
19:12and I don't want to get within 50 feet of that scumbag.
19:14Well, let me guess.
19:16Stuart's taking that personally.
19:17He said I reminded him of you.
19:19Did he?
19:20Mm-hmm.
19:23Look, I'm not saying that I had nothing to do
19:25with what happened between me and Stuart.
19:27I have been hard on criminal defense.
19:30But you know the saying,
19:32when you're a hammer, the whole world looks like a nail?
19:34Well, well, but Stuart...
19:37When you have a chip on your shoulder,
19:40it feels like the whole world doesn't respect you.
19:47Oh, hello.
19:48Are you hungover?
19:50What?
19:51Why would you say that?
19:52Maybe because of the drunken message you sent me last night?
19:55Right.
19:56The message.
19:57Yeah.
19:57You have no reflection of anything that I'm saying, do you?
20:00You can't prove that.
20:01In fact, I remember calling you at exactly 6.57 p.m.
20:06Then all you have to do is remember what you asked me,
20:08and maybe I'll say yes.
20:10How can I remember what I asked?
20:11I don't even remember calling you.
20:12If that's the case, if it comes to you,
20:14I will definitely say yes.
20:15Now I have to go.
20:16Wait, wait, wait.
20:16Can you give me a hint?
20:18Nope.
20:20Damn it.
20:22You ready?
20:22Yeah.
20:23Let's do it.
20:31I thought you two weren't working together anymore.
20:36We are today.
20:36I see.
20:37Mind if we sit down?
20:38Please, sit, sit.
20:39What can I do you for?
20:40Sure you heard the news about John Amos?
20:42I did.
20:43My condolences.
20:44And since you sit on the board of the Hollywood Walk of Fame...
20:46You want to give John a star?
20:47We were hoping you could help us cut through the red tape.
20:49Consider a cut.
20:50Two years.
20:50Star goes in.
20:51Guarantee a prime location.
20:53Two years?
20:54Ted, this is a win.
20:54No, listen, I get the frustration, but Leo, Denzel, Beyonce, not one of them has a star.
21:01You know, I know Denzel doesn't have a star.
21:03He's my client.
21:04And if Denzel were here, he'd be the first one to tell you that he wouldn't be where he
21:07is today without John Amos paving the way.
21:10Okay, well, be that as it may, you're asking me to fast track this, and two years is the
21:14best I can do.
21:15The man's a legend.
21:16He's an icon.
21:17Have you even seen Good Times or Roots?
21:19I admit, that's a little before my time.
21:20Well, God forbid you know something about the business that you work in.
21:23Okay, Ted.
21:24John Amos was the Sidney Poitier on television.
21:27He broke new ground for black America, and he was a father figure for all of America.
21:32He should have had a star decades ago, and if you can't recognize that, you're in the
21:36wrong goddamn business.
21:38Say one more word, and he won't get a star at all.
21:40Then I'm going to be on my way.
21:42Because if I have to look at your face for one more second, I'm going to do a lot more
21:45to you than say words.
21:47You got to be kidding me.
21:49That son of a bitch puts our case in jeopardy.
21:51You cover for him.
21:52And now he wants you to get him out from under a federal investigation you didn't even know
21:56was going on.
21:56I'm going to nominate him for father of the year.
22:00I'm glad you can see the humor in this.
22:01Well, I'm either going to laugh or kill myself.
22:05The second that they arrest him, my career at the Justice Department is over.
22:09It doesn't have to be.
22:16How's that?
22:17You go in there and you tell Jackson.
22:18No one is more qualified than you to prosecute your father, and you put him away your damn
22:23self.
22:23Are you out of your mind?
22:25He'll never go for it.
22:26You make him go for it.
22:28The man is still my father.
22:33Then go in there and tell Jackson you quit.
22:36Because, Teddy, if you don't convince them to let you do this, they show us how long
22:40if you don't convince them to let you do this, you don't convince them to let you do this.
22:56Here.
22:58I wondered why.
22:59Kevin, I'm not going to beat around the bush.
23:00Any fool can see how much you mean to Ted.
23:03Truth be told, I've gotten a little used to you myself.
23:07If I were to stay, you'd be running into me a lot more often.
23:11I can live with that.
23:13Might run into your mother some more, too.
23:15Okay, I'm scraping this name off the door right now.
23:17Erica, I don't know what to say.
23:27Say yes.
23:31Tell you what.
23:33It's a big deal to up and change your life.
23:37So why don't you just sit here for a while and imagine what it could be?
23:47Ted, what can I do for you?
23:56I want to know why you sent a target letter to my father and you didn't give me a heads up.
24:00It's not personal.
24:01It's optics.
24:02The optics are that you can't trust me and that my career is about to be over.
24:06What do you want me to say?
24:06I want you to let me be the one to prosecute my father.
24:09I do that?
24:10They laugh me out of the room.
24:11Do you think it's any coincidence that all of this is happening right when I'm about to start prosecuting Pellegrini?
24:17He's trying to get me off the case and I can prove it.
24:19How the hell are you going to do that?
24:20By getting my father to testify that Pellegrini extorted him to offer me a job to get me off the case.
24:25That's obstruction right there.
24:27When were you going to tell me that little guy?
24:29I'm telling you now.
24:29And let me guess.
24:30Daddy doesn't go to prison.
24:31This has nothing to do with getting him a sweetheart deal.
24:34This has to do with putting Pellegrini away.
24:37Ted, you wouldn't...
24:37Because I have put everything on the line to get this bastard.
24:40And I'm supposed to be telling you...
24:42God damn it!
24:43I lost Samantha!
24:46Okay.
24:49You get your father to put the nail in Pellegrini's coffin.
24:54Now see what I can do about letting you take both cases.
24:57If not...
24:59You go after Pellegrini with what you have.
25:02And when it's over, you hand in your resignation.
25:05What can I help you with, Rick?
25:13Well, I came to let you know that I talked to Steve off the ledge.
25:15We're getting the star in two years.
25:17But if he hears from you again, it's over.
25:19I thought I taught you better than that.
25:21Excuse me?
25:21I thought I taught you to fight for your clients.
25:23Well, you don't do that by insulting the man who controls what you want.
25:27You sure as hell don't do it by accepting terms.
25:29You do it by dictating them.
25:30We did dictate them.
25:31We said we wanted a star.
25:33He said yes.
25:33He didn't say yes.
25:34He said it would take time.
25:35Do you know what happens with time, Rick?
25:37People forget.
25:38Well, I am not going to let them forget John.
25:40My mistake, Ted.
25:41I thought I could do one last thing to help John.
25:43But it turns out you're the one that needs help.
25:45You're right.
25:46This is all my fault.
25:47So why don't you do what you do, run away like you did before,
25:51except this time don't bother writing a note
25:52because I am done wasting my time with your excuses.
25:56I don't need to write anything.
25:58I'll tell you right to your face.
26:00Ted, go to hell.
26:02Rick, good, you're here.
26:10I hate to follow up so quickly,
26:11but there's interest in that writer and...
26:13Whoever wants him can have him.
26:15You didn't respond to the material?
26:16I really got through ten pages.
26:17Which script did you read?
26:18Leah, I know what's going on.
26:20You do?
26:21Usually your taste is spot on.
26:22But in this case, you're too close to be objective
26:24because you're doing this as a favor to a friend.
26:28I am.
26:29But I know for a fact that they're a professional writer
26:32that value his feedback very highly...
26:34And let him give feedback.
26:35But giving great notes,
26:36it's not the same as being a great writer.
26:38I won't waste any more of your time.
26:41All right, hold on.
26:42Look.
26:44If it helps...
26:45I looked up Ezra Bridger.
26:48The only hit I got is the lead character in Star Wars Rebels.
26:50So if your friend is hiding behind a pen name,
26:54deep down he knows he doesn't have what it takes.
27:02The only hit I got is the lead character in Star Wars Rebels.
27:06Hey.
27:07Hey.
27:07I appreciate you putting Erica up to that whole office thing, but...
27:12Kevin, I didn't put Erica up to anything.
27:14You didn't ask her to try to get me to stay?
27:17Of course not.
27:18Because you know I can't.
27:19And I know why.
27:22Your father.
27:22Speaking of fathers,
27:27before you go,
27:29there's something that you and I need to do.
27:36You have a minute?
27:38I ran into Ted today.
27:40Got me thinking.
27:42I'm pretty sure you feel the same way about David Bowie that I do.
27:46He's a heinous human being.
27:48You're able to put that in a box and represent him.
27:50And I have great respect for that.
27:53But I don't want to get within 100 feet of him,
27:54and I need you to respect that.
27:56Still feels like you want the dirty laundry taken care of,
27:59but you want to pretend you have nothing to do with it.
28:02You're right.
28:02But I'm good with that flaw in me.
28:04The fact that you take it so personally
28:05that you're the one doing the laundry,
28:07that's on you.
28:09Having said all that,
28:10I will attend your next meeting with him.
28:12Let him know what's what.
28:14Side by side.
28:15That's okay.
28:17I'll do it myself.
28:18But I thought you...
28:19I don't need you to be by my side.
28:21I just needed to know you would.
28:27You got all that from a run-in with Ted.
28:29Most of it was me.
28:32But he did admit
28:33that he played a role in what happened between you two.
28:35He sort of already said the same thing to me.
28:38I guess it's good to know he meant it.
28:40He does respect you, Stuart.
28:43Whether you like it or not.
28:44Are you calling to yell at me about something new?
28:54I'm calling to say I'm sorry.
28:56Me blowing up had nothing to do with you.
28:59I've been avoiding John for weeks
29:00because the last time that we spoke,
29:02we had a fight.
29:03I didn't take his advice.
29:06And I didn't want to face him.
29:07What was the advice?
29:09He told me to forgive my father before he died.
29:12And you didn't?
29:14I did not.
29:17John Amos and James Evans were the same in that...
29:20They were exactly who I wanted my dad to be.
29:23Honest.
29:25Strong.
29:26Tough.
29:27Wouldn't do anything for their kids.
29:30So when that moron...
29:31Didn't even know good times.
29:33Ted, I understand.
29:36We good?
29:37Not yet.
29:38The night of the fight was the night you left.
29:42John told me that I was recreating the dynamic
29:44with my father, with you and Stuart.
29:46If I did that, I didn't mean to.
29:48I'm sorry.
29:51Look, Ted, I don't know what happened
29:53between you and your father, but...
29:55I'm guessing you never had a conversation like this.
29:58So...
29:59I'd say you're already ahead of the game.
30:02You know what you're saying.
30:04What's that?
30:06That idiot Amos was wrong.
30:09Too soon.
30:10What's he gonna do, fire us?
30:11Uh-huh.
30:12No, he's not.
30:14Good night, Rick.
30:15Good night, Dad.
30:18Please, Tina, have a seat.
30:28You'll see on the table an engagement letter
30:30outlining the scope and terms of our services.
30:33Conference room, engagement letter?
30:35This seems so formal.
30:36Obviously, you and I have become friends,
30:38and when we're at the movies
30:39or we're talking film over coffee,
30:42that's one thing.
30:42But here is where I kill for you.
30:46And it's also where I tell you the truth.
30:48About what?
30:51This.
30:53I can't do what you do,
30:54but I can tell when something is undeniable,
30:56and this isn't there yet.
30:58My other lawyer said they could sell this in a minute.
31:00They can.
31:01Because you're coming off a Dylan Pryor movie
31:03and you're hot.
31:04But I'm not talking about selling it.
31:07I'm talking about getting it made.
31:09Now, I may not be a writer,
31:10but I know I can help you put this over the top.
31:15This may not be what you want in a lawyer,
31:18but it's the kind of lawyer I'm going to be.
31:23Hey, glad you're here.
31:24My mom got in touch with Caroline Baker last night,
31:27and they're gonna get together next month.
31:28That's nice.
31:29But...
31:31Erica, as much as I appreciate your offer,
31:35I can't stay.
31:36And I want you to know why.
31:38Kevin, you don't have to.
31:39No, no, listen.
31:40I, uh...
31:42I always wanted to work with my father.
31:45You know, the plan was to retire from the FBI
31:48and join this little detective agency.
31:52Turns out I didn't make it to retirement.
31:54I got kicked out.
31:55And my dad was there for me.
31:59So, that agency is all I have left of him.
32:02And I just...
32:04I just can't let it go.
32:07You really are a sweet man.
32:08Kevin, you're getting kicked out of the FBI.
32:19Did that have anything to do with Ted?
32:22I mean, you said the two of you didn't speak all those years.
32:24It's a story for another time.
32:27Is that your resignation letter?
32:40No.
32:41It's a signed engagement letter for my new client, Tina Lu.
32:44So, you picked Elaine.
32:45I made Elaine.
32:49Finally.
32:51What?
32:51When you applied here, it was between you and another candidate.
32:54On paper?
32:56It should have been her.
32:57But I went out on a limb for you.
33:00Why would you do that?
33:01You didn't even know me.
33:04Because I saw a little bit of me in you.
33:10I have to take this.
33:14Ted Black's office.
33:16Let me see if he's in.
33:22Ted.
33:24Stuart's on the phone for you.
33:26Do you want me to tell him you're gone for the day?
33:28No.
33:29I'll take it.
33:34Stuart, how can I help you?
33:36I wanted to express my condolences over John Amos.
33:39I know how much he meant to you.
33:41No, I appreciate that more than you know.
33:43Night type.
33:45Night slugger.
33:47Don't call me slugger.
33:48You got it, slugger.
33:54Hey, got a minute?
33:55Sure.
33:55What's up?
33:57You don't remember, do you?
33:58To be honest, the past two days have been a bit of a blur.
34:01Maybe this will jog your memory.
34:02You wanted me in the staff meeting, but then didn't tell me why?
34:05Doesn't ring a bell.
34:06Not even a little bit.
34:07I wanted to formally nominate you as our new head of criminal defense.
34:17I did not see that coming.
34:19I think that you are an outstanding lawyer, and I would like to work more closely with
34:25you and I just think that we could do great things together.
34:28No doubt we could.
34:29I understand that the pro bono thing is still very important to you, but I think that we
34:35could come to an arrangement that you would be good with.
34:37I need to think about it.
34:42That's all I can ask.
34:45Just to be clear, you were going to ask me this in front of everyone.
34:50Yeah.
34:50Yeah.
34:51I thought that you would like a grand gesture.
35:00And Ted, you ready?
35:01We got it all set up upstairs.
35:04Yeah, I'll be right up.
35:07Like I said, think about it.
35:10Think about it.
35:11Yeah.
35:17Well, look who it is.
35:19I remember why I called you.
35:20You do?
35:21I do.
35:23You still care to join me?
35:25Your plays are mine.
35:27Why don't you come to mine?
35:29I'm on my way.
35:34So, are we just offering Kevin jobs now?
35:37I thought you'd like to have your partner here with you.
35:39I already do.
35:48I'll see you tomorrow, partner.
35:51Do I look like I was born yesterday?
35:54You called me over here because you said you had a way out.
35:56This is a way out.
35:57You testify against Pellegrini.
35:59You get witness protection instead of prison.
36:01Let's ask Billy Esposito how that worked out for him.
36:04Oh, wait.
36:04We can't because he's dead.
36:06Dad, I'm just trying to...
36:08Oh, now you call me dad when you want something from me.
36:11Yeah, I want to put this monster away.
36:14I want to try to save my career that you put a bullet in when you let him extort you.
36:19But most of all, I would like for once to have my father do the right thing.
36:25You want me to say it?
36:28I'm scared.
36:29You know, when I was growing up, there was always a present for every promise that she broke.
36:41And I would have traded all of them to have what every one of my friends had, and I didn't.
36:48To know that if push came to shove, you would trade your life for mine.
36:53This isn't about me risking my life for yours.
36:58This is just me risking my life.
37:00What, you think they're not going to try to kill me too?
37:02I'm asking you to stand next to me, side by side, father and son.
37:08Teddy.
37:12I'm sorry.
37:15Rather go to prison than die.
37:17Teddy.
37:25Teddy.
37:27Best play.
37:29Yeah, sorry.
37:30Sorry.
37:47Take your head up of water.
37:50Make it away when you can.
37:52Temporary layoffs.
37:54Good times.
37:55Easy credit and ripoffs.
37:57Good times.
37:59Make me lucky we got them.
38:03Good times.
38:09You want me to?
38:11Huh?
38:12What do you want?
38:12You want to hit me?
38:13Come on, hit me, man.
38:14Hit me.
38:16Oh, hit me.
38:17I don't want to hit you, son.
38:19I don't want nothing.
38:27Florida, what you doing here?
38:28I thought I told you to stay home, baby.
38:29I was so worried about what you might do.
38:31I had to come.
38:34You let him go, huh?
38:35Yeah.
38:36Plenty of guns, but no places to put the kids that use them.
38:39Well, there ain't nothing we could do, James.
38:43Yeah, there was something I could have done.
38:44I could have broke them in half, but...
38:46Florida, what kind of father am I to feel sorry for the man that shot my son?
38:56The right kind, James.
38:59The right kind.
39:01Good times.
39:02Good times.
39:02Good times.
39:03Anytime you need a payment.
39:18Good times.
39:19Anytime you need a friend.
39:21Good times.
39:22Anytime you're up and under.
39:24Not getting hassled.
39:25Not getting hustled.
39:27Keeping your head above water.
39:30Making a wave when you can.
39:33Temporary layoffs.
39:35Good times.
39:36Easy credit and ripples.
39:38Good times.
39:39Scratching and surviving.
39:41Good times.
39:43Parents.
39:44Parents.
39:44Parents.
39:44Thanks for calling out.
39:54You.
39:58It's just a bit generous.
39:59Thanks for touching your head.
40:00Do you give yourself an appropriate answer?
40:02I won't totally receive some advice.
40:04You don't get in on them, you know?
40:07If there's blow, you're out.
40:09I won't enlighten.
40:10You don't walk away.
40:11And do that.