All language subtitles for Suits.LA.S01E06

- You are still sore
about what happened

to that client of yours--

what was his name?

- You know damn well
his name was Dante Everson.

You killed him just as much
as if you shivved him yourself.

- Your Honor,
I'm requesting all records

related to Valerie Thompson's
divorce proceedings

against the defendant.

- I want to know who leaked
the goddamn transcript.

- I have a legal obligation

to keep those transcripts
confidential.

- But you're so pissed
that I took Lester

you'd betray
any legal obligation.

- I would never do that!

- You know,
you don't get beat up

if you bring a gun.

- Did you use my client
to trick one of your suspects?

- He wanted to do it.

- He doesn't know
what he's getting himself into.

- I did what I had to do,
and I'm not gonna apologize.

- I'm going through Lester's
police statement.

What if he got that statement
from a story?

- "I'm watching a man
battle with himself

for his own sanity."

- He didn't just option
that script.

He wrote it himself.

- Pellegrini had
our impersonator murdered.

- You didn't just cover
for Lester going missing.

You set the whole damn thing
into motion.

From this second on,
you're on your own.

- I know you stole that story.
- Okay, hold on.

- And now I want the real one.

- Okay, I killed him!

I killed him.

- Well, here we are.

I gotta tell you,
I didn't anticipate

every twist and turn here
along the way,

but here's the thing.

When this trial is over,
the 12 of you,

you are going to go home,

and hopefully your lives are
the same as they were before.

Lester Thompson's won't be,

because the verdict
that you collectively reach,

that is going to dictate
the course

of the rest of his life.

What you don't know...

is that it's also going
to dictate the rest of mine,

because I have staked my career

and the career of everybody
that I work with

on you finding
Lester Thompson innocent.

And I did that

because Lester Thompson

is not a murderer.

- Yes, I took that story
from the script.

But I am telling you,
most of it is true.

- Except for the part
where you pulled the trigger.

- See, that right there--

that you think that
I could murder my own partner,

when you're supposed to be
on my own goddamn team--

that's exactly why I knew the
police would never believe me.

So when they got there,
those words just...

came out.

And once I said them,
there was no going back.

But yes.

I killed Simon.

- Why?

- Because he was
about to kill me.

I told him that I knew

about the money
that he stole from the studio.

I told him we could put
the money back.

No one would ever know.

And that's when he started
freaking out.

He kept saying,
"You know. You know."

And then all of a sudden,
he said,

"There's only one way out
for me."

I really did think
he was about to kill himself,

until he pointed the gun at me
and said,

"I'm going to kill you,
Dester."

- You mean Lester.

- No, uh,
it's a long story, but...

he had a nickname for me.

He called me Dester.

So I lunged for the gun.

You know, I...

but he was really strong.

And I knew that if he got
his hand free...

and then all of a sudden,

he stepped
on some uneven grass,

and he stumbled a little,
but it was enough.

And I realized the gun was
pointing right at his head,

and it was him or me.

So I squeezed.

And the gun went off,

and Simon went down.

It was over just like that.

And that is the whole truth.

I swear, every word.

- I believe you.

For what it's worth...

It feels good to be able
to finally let it all out.

- Good.

Because you're never
going to let it out again.

- Erica, can I talk
to you for a second?

- About what?

- We both saw what happened
in court yesterday.

I think we both know this was
a long shot from the start.

- Walk the hell away
from me, Stuart.

You say another word,
I'll go right upstairs

and tell Ted you're poaching.

- No, you won't,

because he's in the middle
of the trial of his life,

and he's losing.

We both know you're not gonna
go up there and distract him.

- Doesn't matter, because
whatever you're asking me,

the answer is no.

- All I'm saying is,
when this is over,

you're gonna get flooded
with offers.

I just want you to remember
we came to you first.

- Let me ask you something,
you smug son of a bitch.

What the hell kind of terms
are you even offering me, hmm?

- Erica...

you're missing the point.

Your ship is sinking.

I'm offering you a spot
on the lifeboat.

You can either take it

or worry about what section
you're sitting in.

- I'm not missing
anything, Stuart.

I picked my team.

Ted's my guy.
You're not.

This is the last time we're
gonna have this conversation.

Excuse me.

- You heard both the ballistics
expert and coroner

testify this morning
that the evidence

does not support the theory
that Simon killed himself?

- I did.

- And did Simon ever discuss
suicidal thoughts

or ideation with you?
- No.

- Did he ever confide in you
that he was having an affair

with Lester's wife?
- Yes, he did.

- And did he ever say
what he thought

Lester would do
if he found out?

- He said
Lester would kill him.

- Given that,

in your expert opinion,
psychologically,

is it more likely
that Simon killed himself

or that Lester murdered him?

- Objection.
- Sustained.

- Lester murdered him.
- Your Honor.

- Strike that from the record.

The jury will disregard
that answer.

- No more questions.

- Doctor, it sounds to me

like you knew Simon Shrager
very intimately.

- I pride myself on my
relationships with my patients.

- Did he tell you
that he was stealing money

from his own movie studio?

- No, but that--

- So isn't it true
that the guilt

of stealing money
from his own movie studio,

coupled with the guilt

of having an affair
with Lester's wife,

all the while under
the influence of a psychedelic,

might have greatly increased
the chances

of Simon becoming suicidal?

Don't look at her.

You can look at the 12 people
that you just misled

about Simon's capacity
to kill himself.

- Objection. Testifying.
- I'll rephrase.

Is it possible
that Simon killed himself?

- I suppose it's possible.

- One more question.

Do you feel protective
of Simon?

- Of course I do.
He was my patient of 15 years.

- Isn't it possible,
psychologically,

that you'd rather believe
that he was murdered

than face the possibility
that you failed him so badly

that he killed himself?

- How dare you?
- Objection!

- Mr. Black.
- I'm sorry, Your Honor.

I just--I thought the good
doctor was more interested

in the truth than protecting
her reputation.

No more questions.

- Mr. Claxton, how would you
describe Lester's reputation?

- He's considered a liar.

He'll do anything
to get his own way.

Does he have a temper?

Let's just say
he makes Charles Manson

look like a pacifist.

- And because I know
defense is gonna make

a big deal of the fact
that Lester was trying

to sneak the stolen money
back to you,

what would you have done
if you'd found that out?

- I wouldn't have cared if
he was paying us back or not.

I would have fired them both.

- Presuming Lester knew that,
would he have been furious

at his business partner?

- He'd be more than furious.

He'd want to kill the man.

- I think that's a nice note
to end on.

No more questions.

- Bill,

isn't it true that there's
a history of animosity

between you and my client?

- Not uncommon
in this business.

- Is it uncommon to say
that you, in fact,

hate Lester Thompson?
- I wouldn't exactly say I--

- In fact,
haven't you hated him

since he humiliated you when
you were a low-level executive?

And didn't you used to call me

just to tell me
that you hated him?

- Objection. Badgering.
- And that's the only reason

that you're saying what you're
saying about him today...

- Your Honor.

- Because you, Bill,
are clearly out for revenge.

- Mr. Black.
- Yes, I hate him.

- Just to be clear,

why do you hate
Lester Thompson?

- 'Cause he's a lying,
thieving, violent bully.

- Interesting
you bring up violence.

Are you aware of what
Mr. Thompson was shooting at

the night Simon was killed
with Mr. Thompson's gun?

- No, I'm not.

- I happen to have
the target right here.

Can you identify it for me?

- My eyes are drawn

to the bullet holes
in the forehead,

but there's no mistaking,
that's a picture of me.

- Hmm.

Prosecution rests, Your Honor.

Oh, in case you were wondering,

that's what a bull's-eye
looks like.

- Samantha.

To what do I owe the pleasure?

- I heard you had a rough day.
- I've certainly had better.

- I just wanted to say,
the Ted Black I knew

took plenty of hits
but always came up swinging.

- I thought the reason
that you left was,

you wanted me to stop swinging
and I wouldn't.

- I might have said that,

but what I really wanted was
for you to put your bat down

and be with me for a while.

- You do realize
I can't get out

if you're parked here, right?

- You're not going anywhere
until I get some answers.

Did you tell Stuart about
Lester stealing his statement

from that script?
- What? No.

- Then why the hell did Stuart
come to me last night

offering me a job, because he's
sure we're going to lose?

- I have no idea.

But not 24 hours ago,

you told Kevin that you
trusted me with your life.

So why don't you stop
accusing me

of something I would never do?

- I'm sorry.
He just pisses me off.

- Yeah.
Take a number.

So what's Lester's story,
anyway?

- He killed his partner,
but it was self-defense.

- You believe him?

- Kevin's taken
about 100 confessions,

and he believes him,
so I do, too.

- You going to tell Ted?

- Would you?

- I have no idea.

But I'm glad I'm not the one
who has to make that decision.

Boop!

Mmm.
Erica.

What can I do you for?
- What's the plan for tomorrow?

- Well, Ted's trying
to get Amanda

to undermine
Smith's credibility.

But if she won't do it
or if it doesn't work--

- He's going to put Lester
on the stand, isn't he?

- Yes, and before you say
what you're about to say,

no, I'm not telling him.

- Well, I think we should.

If Lester gets up there
and tells a lie

and somebody finds out--

- They're not
going to find out.

- We're keeping information
from him.

- For his own protection.
- You're not a lawyer.

- And you've never been
to a murder trial.

Were you there today?
They are kicking our ass.

- I don't care. I don't want
to hang Ted out to dry.

- You are not hanging him
out to dry.

You are giving him
a chance to win.

Erica, look,
if he knows Lester's lying,

he won't put him on the stand.

- I understand
everything you're saying,

but if you don't tell Ted,
I will.

- Then go ahead.
There is the door.

But I told him something
I shouldn't have once,

and I'm not doing it again.

- Ted.
What are you doing here?

- Well, you didn't come home
last night,

and you weren't answering
your phone.

- So you just assumed
I'd be at the Waldorf?

- I assumed that you'd be upset
and this is where you'd go.

- You should have known
I needed space from you.

- Samantha--

- How could you
let this happen?

- I didn't let anything happen.

- Let me lay it out for you.

You're working a case
that involves the Mafia.

You used my client
to get a witness.

Then my client got killed.

And you think
it's not your fault?

- Samantha, there's a leak
in our office,

and if I had known,

I never would have asked
Cameron for help.

- Well, I didn't know
there was a leak,

and I still knew
it was a bad idea.

So why the hell did you ask him
in the first place?

- Because Pellegrini
is a monster

and he needs to be put away.

- No, because you don't care
about anything but your case.

- No, I swear,
I'm gonna find the leak.

- I don't care about the leak.

Cameron is dead.

- And I didn't kill him,
Samantha.

Pellegrini did.

- Well, I can't confront
Pellegrini.

Now, I just--
- I get it.

I'm gonna get them.

- Great.

Go get 'em, Ted.

- Do you have a second?

- You're unbelievable.

- Look, I know
what I did was wrong,

but I did it
because I believe in my heart

that Lester
didn't murder Simon.

So, unless you think I'm wrong,

don't punish him
for something that I did.

- Oh, no, no,
I am not punishing anyone.

You're perfectly capable
of trying your own case.

- I know that.

I need to go on offense.

- And what exactly
does that mean?

- It means that Smith is

tightening the noose
with facts.

But juries
don't just go by facts.

They go by feel, okay?

If I can make them dislike her,

they are not going
to trust her.

And if they don't trust her--

- Then anything
that you say afterwards

has more of a chance
of landing.

- Exactly.

- You want me
to talk about Dante Everson,

which I will not do.

- Amanda.

- I'm not using the memory
of a dead man

to get Lester out of hot water.

- "Hot water"?
His life is at stake!

- Then defend him
to the best of your ability!

But I'm not going
to lay myself bare to help

some slick producer.

- I put everything on the line
for this trial

because I know in my gut
Lester's not a murderer,

the same way I know
you hate the idea

of another innocent man

being wrongly convicted.

Please.

I need your help.

Ms. Stevens,
have you ever gone up

against Ms. Smith before
in court?

- Your Honor,
what possible relevance

does a five-year-old case have?

Goes to establishing a pattern.

- I'm sorry, are you
a witness or a lawyer?

- Evidently, today, she's both.

And your objection
is overruled.

Witness may answer.

- I had a 19-year-old client.

Dante Everson.

He was young and very bright,

and he had his entire future
ahead of him

until Ms. Smith
used every trick in the book

to have him convicted
of a murder he did not commit.

- Were you able to prove

that Ms. Smith did anything
out of bounds?

- No, we never found proof,

but exonerating evidence
that had somehow gone missing

turned up seven months later.

We used that evidence
to file an appeal,

and we were going to overturn
his conviction.

- So what did Ms. Smith do?

- She planted an article

alleging Dante was a suspect

in the shooting
of a gang member.

- Why?

- Because she wanted him
murdered in prison,

rather than face the fact

that she had convicted
the wrong man.

- Has Ms. Smith done anything
like that in this case?

- Well, for one thing,
she planted that article

in the "Times"
about Valerie Thompson

so that she could get that
divorce transcript admitted.

- If Ms. Smith discovered
that Simon had killed himself,

do you think that
she would bury the evidence,

as opposed to facing the fact

that she is prosecuting
another innocent man?

- Objection.
Prejudicial. Inflammatory.

- You bet your ass I do.

- The jury will disregard
that answer.

Will they?

No more questions, Your Honor.

- I have to say,

you sure know how to make me
sound like a monster.

- Well, I am under oath.

- Then under oath,
is Simon Shrager still alive?

- You know he isn't.

- And did he die
from a bullet to the head?

- Yes, he did.

- Well, someone fired the gun.

You'd have the jury believe
it was me,

but I'm not on trial
for murder here.

Lester Thompson is.

- Is there a question?
- Yes.

Does anything you say about me
change the fact

that Simon was killed
by Lester's gun?

Does it change
the blood spatter

or the ballistics
or any of the evidence at all?

- No.

- And remind me,

was Dante Everson also accused
of murder?

- Yes.

- Was he convicted?
- Dante didn't kill--

- That's not what I asked.

Did a jury of his peers
find him guilty?

- Yes, they did, but--

- Do you remember the name

of the victim's father
in that case?

Because I do.

It was Lawrence.

He had one son,

and he will never see him
grow up

because your client gunned
his child down in cold blood!

- Your Honor!
- That's enough.

- I have one last question.

If the evidence shows
Lester did kill Simon,

which it does,
and you were on the jury,

would you find him guilty?

- Objection!
- Sustained.

- That's okay, Your Honor.

I think we all know where
this defense attorney stands

on admitting
her client's guilt.

You busy?

- Actually, I am,
unless it's really important.

- Uh, it is.

Turns out that Cameron was
impersonating my witness

during his act.

Somehow, that got
back to Pellegrini.

So that's why...

- So you want to make it clear
it was his fault, not yours?

- No. Samantha--

- You know what I'm busy
doing right now?

I'm working on what I'm gonna
say at his funeral tomorrow.

- Maybe we should have
this conversation another time.

- No, we're gonna have it
right now,

since you're so intent
on interrupting me

to make sure
you're not in trouble.

- I'm not trying
to get out of trouble.

I'm trying to get you
to talk to me

because you haven't said
three words since it happened.

- Because I'm grieving.

I lost someone very dear to me

that you don't seem
to care about at all.

- I care about you.

- Then stop trying
to get out of it

or implying
that I'm overreacting

or telling me
how I should feel.

- I'm not telling you
how to feel.

I'm trying to...

get you
to stop being mad at me.

- Not everything's about you.

I'm mourning, and yes, I'm mad,

but I know
it's really Pellegrini.

And I'm just trying to get
ready for this funeral.

So if it matters to you at all,

I just need you
to be here for me.

And right now,
that means leaving me alone

so I can finish this.

- Here you are.

- I'm surprised
you came to find me,

you got out of court so fast.

- I've learned that sometimes
people need their own space.

- You were right.

I did.

- You okay?

She beat you up
pretty good in there.

- Yeah, she beat me up, but...

Damn it, it felt good.

Getting her. Getting it out.

And now it's on the record.

- You sure as hell put
reasonable doubt

in the mind of the jury.

- Do you think it was enough
to convince all 12?

- No.

- So what are you gonna do?

- Only thing I can.

Swing for the fences.

- Stuart, can I talk to you
for a second?

- Sounds like I'm in trouble.

- I just--did I not tell you

that Peterson has
a severe nut allergy?

- Of course.
You told me last week.

- Then why is there a huge jar

of Extra Crunchy Jif
in the kitchen?

- Because that's not
a real jar of peanut butter.

- I don't get it.

- Peterson thinks it's real.

It scares the bejesus
out of him.

He has to think
about his mortality

every time he looks at it.

It's genius, am I right?

- Stuart, I don't have
the emotional maturity

of a 13-year-old boy.

Therefore,
I don't find that funny.

- Ted would.

- Get rid of it,
and get rid of it now.

- Let me leave it in there
one more day.

I didn't even get
to see him see it.

- Did you know?
- Know what?

- Last night, I found out
he offered Erica Rollins a job.

- No, I didn't.

- Then with all due respect,

if either of you
are gonna make decisions

about the entertainment
division,

either fill me in or let me go.

- What the hell
were you thinking?

- That they're gonna lose
this case.

At best, it's 50-50.

If they go down,
people are gonna poach.

It might as well be us.
- That's a load of crap.

You did it to hit Ted
when he's down.

And all it did
was make you look stupid

and me look like I don't have
control of my own firm.

- How come no matter
what Ted does,

he gets away with it?

No matter what I do,
I look like a jerk?

- Instead
of asking me that, Stuart,

you should be asking yourself.

- Ted?
- Lester.

- What's going on?

- I think it's time
you tell the jury

what happened
in your own words.

- Are you sure?

- I will walk you
through anything

Smith might say to make it seem
like you shot Simon.

Remember, we have something
on our side that she doesn't.

We're telling the truth.

- Anyway, he pulled the trigger

and slumped to the ground.

The next thing I know,

I was being arrested
by the police

for a crime I did not commit.

- Do you miss Simon?

- Yeah, of course I do.

- Even though
you found out later

that he was...

cheating with your wife.

- I'm not saying
I'm not mad at him.

I am.

But he was my partner,
and he was my friend...

and I wish he were still alive.

- Okay.

Anything else
that you'd like to say?

- Just that I could never
murder another human being.

I wish there was proof
of my innocence, but...

there was only two of us there
that night, so...

I guess the truth died
with my friend.

- No further questions.

- That was very moving.

But let me ask you,
what if I have a witness

who saw you shoot
that dear friend of yours

who you miss so much?
- Objection!

- Both of you up here now.
- What kind of crap is this?

- Your Honor, a witness
came forward yesterday.

I wasn't going to call them,
but I am now.

- She rested her goddamn case.

- A rebuttal witness

to specifically refute
that nonsense we just heard.

- Your Honor.
- Back up, Mr. Black.

This is a court of law.

She can call a witness.

- Thank you, Your Honor.

Can you tell us why you didn't
come forward until last night?

- Because the only reason
I saw what happened

is that I was bartending
a party at a house

that was being
illegally rented.

I had to sign an NDA

prohibiting me from admitting
I was ever there.

- But?

- I realized
if I didn't come forward,

I'd never be able to live
with myself.

- Please, tell us what you saw.

- I went out
to smoke a cigarette,

and I heard grunting
and yelling.

It was pretty far,
but I saw two men struggling.

And then I heard
one of them say,

"I'm going to kill you
dead, sir."

That's what I heard--

"I'm going to kill you
dead, sir."

Then a second later,

one of them shot the other one
in the head.

- Can you identify the man
who pulled the trigger?

- Yes.

That man right there.

- Thanks for coming with me.
- Ah, no thanks needed.

A man died helping us.

I'd go to his funeral even
if he wasn't Samantha's client.

You ready?

- Let's go.

What's going on?

- Nothing.
We should go.

- Wait, do you think
I don't know you?

It's work. It's important.
What is it?

- No, I'm not telling you,
not--not today.

- It's Pellegrini, isn't it?

- Samantha needs you
at that funeral.

- Kevin, if this is
about the case

that I have risked my life for
and you don't tell me...

- They're arresting Pellegrini
in an hour.

- We're not going
to that funeral.

- Teddy--
- I don't want to hear it.

We are going to that arrest.

- You tell me right now--

was that woman
telling the truth?

- Yes, okay?

Yes, but it's not how
she made it seem, all right?

It was self-defense.
- Was it?

How am I ever gonna believe
another word

that comes out
of your lying mouth?

- Teddy, he--
he's telling the truth.

- You knew.

- Yeah, I knew.

And the last time
I ignored my gut,

I told you something
I shouldn't have,

and you missed
Cameron's funeral,

and your life fell apart.

- This isn't that,
and you know it.

- Well, great.
You can be pissed at me later,

but I stand by what I did,

and I won't lose
a minute's sleep over it.

- I will be pissed
at you later.

For now, what's done is done,

and we need to figure out
what we're gonna do next.

- Why can't I just go back up
on the stand

and tell the truth?

It was self-defense.
The tape proves that.

- Whatever tape you're talking
about, it doesn't matter.

- Why not?

- Because even I know
you can't change your plea

to self-defense mid-trial.

- Then what are we going to do?

I need your help.
- Don't come anywhere near me.

- Stuart,
Lester told me the truth.

It was self-defense.

- Which is exactly
the strategy I insisted on

before you stole him from me

by saying,
"Oh, Lester, I believe in you.

"I love you.

We can live happily ever after
in innocent land."

- Okay, are you done? Because
we need to change the plea.

- Oh, it's too late
for that now.

- No, there's always
a solution.

- You know what? There is.
Argue ineffective counsel.

Pray you get a mistrial
and get him a competent lawyer.

- You know, if you were going
to tell me to screw myself,

you should have just started
with that!

- I did start with that,
and I meant it.

Your only chance
is to tell the court

that you didn't properly advise
your client,

but you won't do that
because you're too selfish.

- You want the case?
You can have it.

- I'm not putting my name
anywhere near that,

because you've turned
this whole thing

into a steaming pile
of excrement.

You stole Lester from me.

You accused me of leaking
my own client's transcripts.

Then you punched me
in the face!

You're not gonna weasel
out of this!

- You once told me
you put your clients first

and you always will.

You were Lester's attorney
before me.

He needs you.

Did you mean
what you said or not?

- Give me the goddamn file.

- Samantha, thank God.

I called the hotel,
but you weren't there.

Where have you been?
- You know where I was.

Cameron's funeral.
- That was yesterday.

- I kept waiting for you
to show up and be by my side,

but you never did,

so I spent the night
at my mother's.

- Okay.

There was a reason
that I wasn't there.

- I needed you there with me.

- We got him.

We got Pellegrini.

And I didn't just arrest him.

I got a photo of him
on the toilet

after we busted in.

He's going to be humiliated.

- You really think this makes
it better, don't you?

I told you I was concerned

about what this man might do
before he killed Cameron,

and you just went
and poured gas on the fire.

You don't care
about my needs at all.

- What is that
supposed to mean?

- It means I don't feel safe
for you, me, or Eddie.

But you can't--

- Samantha,
we have been over this.

- Then give up the case
and prove to me I'm wrong.

- I can't do that.

- I know.

I love you, Ted,
but I'm gonna accept an offer

from one of the firms
in Los Angeles.

- No, please don't do this.
- I'm sorry.

I can't stay here anymore.

- We've been at this all night.

- And we're gonna keep at it
until the last second.

I got to tell Lester that
he's going back on the stand

and tell everyone
what really happened.

- How many times
have we been over this?

The second he starts talking,

Smith says
we can't change our plea

because nothing she's presented
will argue for that.

Damn it!

- Since we're taking
a box-throwing break,

I'm just gonna say this.

Now that I've been
a defense attorney for...

all of one case, I'm...

starting to understand
the mountain

that you have to climb
with each case.

So, for what it's worth,
maybe I didn't...

treat what you do with
the proper amount of respect.

- "Maybe"?
- Probably.

- How about definitely?

- Maybe definitely probably.

- We also gonna revisit
the flea thing?

- I think we just did.

- You didn't.
- Are you sure?

- I can have the court reporter
read it back to you.

- I know what I said.

I don't need to have it read
back to me

like I'm some kind of--
- Wait a second.

That's it, the transcript.
- That's not the line.

It's, "Why the two orders?"

They don't discuss transcripts.

We're quoting
"A Few Good Men," Stuart.

- No, I know what
we're quoting, you idiot.

I switched over
to winning your case for you.

- What are you saying?

- I'm saying Smith entered
Valerie's transcript.

That's your ticket out.

- Hey.
You busy?

- Just catching up
on some paperwork.

- Just wanted to say
I read the transcript

of your testimony yesterday.

That couldn't have been easy.

I mean, the whole thing
is just gut-wrenching.

- Guess you don't have
too many clients

get murdered behind bars
in the television business?

- You know I do movies,
too, right?

I, um,

I actually came in early
to check on Ted.

Can you imagine

finding out Lester was lying
the whole time?

You knew?
- Amanda.

- I don't believe you.
You--you hung him out to dry?

- No, I was trying
to protect him.

- Are you out of your mind?

You're his number two.
You owe it to him to--

- She wanted to tell him,

but I was the one
that told her not to.

- Why?

- Because he's my brother

and we have a code
to protect each other.

That's what I thought
I was doing.

- Got one hell
of a messed-up code.

- Eh, maybe I do,

but he knows I knew,
and he's okay with it.

And there's no reason for him
to ever know about Erica.

- I won't say a word.

- About what?

Just trying to lighten up
the mood.

Everything doesn't have
to be life or death,

except in Lester's case.

Too soon?

- Too soon.
- Okay.

Bonjour. Railsback Lane.

How may I direct, uh, the call?

Oui.
One moment.

Rick Dodson.

No, that wasn't me
who answered the phone.

I don't care
how long you've known me.

That--you did not recognize
my voice.

Mom, I got to go.

Au revoir.

- Rick, can we talk
for a minute?

- Actually, I'm
having a pretty good morning--

- I just wanted to say--
- Actually,

since you're so hot to trot,

I've been thinking about after
you got in that fight with Ted

and you apologized to me.

You called me, and you said

I should be setting
a better standard.

And I believed you,
but you didn't mean any of it,

because you were so obsessed
with getting back at Ted

that you offered my job
to somebody else!

So, until you get over
being butthurt

about whatever Ted did to you,
stay the hell away from me.

- I made up with Ted.
- What, now?

- I forgave him.

We worked on his case
all night.

He just went out
the back elevators.

- The back ones?
- Yeah.

- And you couldn't find a place

in the middle of my rant
to tell me that?

- I was going to,
but you were so hot to trot...

I just figured I'd let you
ride to the finish line.

All right, if you'll excuse me,
I'm going to mosey on home...

- Yeah.
- Crack open a can of beans,

sit by the fire,
and maybe get some shut-eye.

- Mm-hmm.

You're not gonna let me forget
that I said "hot to trot,"

are you?

- Giddyup, cowboy!

Whee-hee!

- Yeah, that's fair.

- Hey.
- What are you doing here?

- Oh, I just came
to support the team.

- Oh.
- Not you. Lester.

I worked with him, you know...
- Mm.

- Because I'm a better lawyer
than you.

- Wow, you're really gonna say
you're a better lawyer than me

today of all days?
- Every day.

- You know, it's a crime
to lie in court.

- Isn't that what you let
Lester do yesterday?

Too soon?

- Is defense ready to call
their next witness?

- Yes, Your Honor.

The defense would like
to recall Lester Thompson,

but, first, I would like
to file a motion

to change our plea
to not guilty

by reason of self-defense.

- You've got to be kidding me?
- My chambers, now.

- What's she doing here?

I thought
she isn't counsel anymore?

- He invited me back
to see the fun.

- What fun?

Your Honor,
I didn't prepare to prosecute

against a self-defense plea
because they didn't make one.

They can only change
a plea mid-trial

with evidence admitted
prior to me resting my case.

And nothing that implies

Lester's life
was being threatened

had already been admitted.
- Yes, it had.

Because Valerie Thompson
is on the record

saying that Simon
wanted to kill Lester.

- Are you dreaming?
She didn't say that.

- Not on the stand.

She said it during
the divorce negotiations.

- The transcript of which
you specifically entered

right after you planted
that article.

- Nothing to say?

- Your Honor--

- Ms. Smith, you wanted
the transcript entered,

and I hated letting you have it
at the time.

Well, this is the chickens
coming home to roost,

and I'm not going to stop it.

- What do they call that--

"being hoisted
on your own petard"?

- I think they call it
"losing."

- For the record,
this is the fun.

- When I was eight years old,

Jimmy Galuska
stole the bake-sale money.

Everyone knew
it was him, but...

they all thought
it would be fun to blame me.

I was small.

Things didn't really come
easily to me.

- The teacher, Mrs. Metzger,

didn't question it
for one second.

I still remember the sneer
on her face

when she sent me
to the principal.

That was the first time.

The next year, when Greg Fox
pulled the fire alarm,

it happened again...

and again and again.

So, when Simon died
and--and the police came

with their lights
and their faces

that all looked
like Mrs. Metzger, I...

I lied.

But I am telling the truth now.

I loved my friend.

And I have to live with the
fact that I pulled that trigger

for the rest of my life.

But if I hadn't,
he would have killed me.

- Lester, is there anything
that you can say to the jury

to help convince them
that you're telling the truth?

- Yes.

What the witness heard
wasn't me saying,

"I'm going to kill you
dead, sir."

It was Simon saying,

"I'm going to kill you,
Dester."

- What's Dester?

- It was Simon's
nickname for me.

You can ask 100 people in town.
They all knew.

- Thank you.

No further questions.

That was a very moving story...

touching.

I almost believed it myself,

especially the part
about that Dester nonsense.

However, isn't it true
you didn't tell this story

to a single soul until
after I produced a witness

who saw you kill Simon?
- No.

I told it four days ago.
- What?

- Your Honor,
I have a videotape

of Lester's confession
date-stamped four days ago,

sent certified mail
four days ago.

I'd suggest
we let the jury watch it,

because once they do...

this trial is going to be over.

- Ms. Smith, unless you have
grounds for objection?

- No objections.

- You see that look?

That tape was me.

Saved the day.

- So...

what now?
- We watch the tape.

The jury's convinced.

I do my closing argument,
and you...

start thinking about
your next movie.

- Not bad for your first time
as defense attorney.

- Couldn't have done it
without you.

- I wasn't gonna come out
and say it, but...

duh.

- And I realized the gun was
pointing right at his head,

and it was him or me.

- Well, here we are.

I gotta tell you,
I didn't anticipate

every twist and turn here
along the way,

but here's one more thing.

When we started this trial,

the--the prosecution said

that I am nothing more
than an entertainment lawyer.

What she doesn't realize

is that an entertainment lawyer
builds his career

by finding the right people
to believe in.

I have known that
Lester Thompson was innocent

from the very start.

And after looking at your faces
watching that tape,

I know
that you know it now, too.

- We, the jury,
find the defendant...

not guilty.

- So since I know that you're
gonna find him innocent,

between you and me,

I'm not just
an entertainment lawyer.

I'm the best damn entertainment
lawyer you've ever seen.

- So please...

get to deciding,

because I've got the rest
of my life to keep living.

- It was my fault Cameron died.

It was always my fault...

And I should have said that
from the beginning.

I should have gone
to the funeral.

I should have...

been there for you.

I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry.

- Aaron. Aaron!