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What can I do for you?

I want you, and not Ted.

I need you
to get me an audition.

- That will make you a partner
on day one.

You can skip right to the front
of the line.

- I don't sell my soul
defending criminals.

And I don't want to skip to the
front of the damn line.

- Pellegrini paid a lawyer
to offer you a job.

If it comes out that your
father took money from the mob,

everyone'll think
you're as dirty as he is.

John Amos was in here before.

I told him if you wouldn't get
him an audition, I would.

- Ted, I used to think
I wanted to be you.

I don't anymore,
and I have to leave

before I forget that.

- You created the dynamic you
had with your father.

At work,
you did it with Stuart,

you did it with Rick.

You need to see your father
and forgive him.

- He does not get
to be forgiven!

- I always wanted
to write movies.

- Well, then why--
- Because when you're

a first-generation
Korean American,

you become a lawyer,
not a writer.

- Give up the case.
- I can't do that.

I love you, Ted,

but I'm gonna accept an offer
from one of the firms

in Los Angeles.

- I have a videotape of
Lester's confession.

Once the jury watch it,
this trial's going to be over.

- Not bad for your first time
as defense attorney.

- Couldn't have done it
without you.

* *

[elevator bell dings]

Good morning.

It certainly is.

I love the smell of victory.

- Apparently not the smell
of humility.

- Oh, please,
humility is just pretending

you didn't win when everyone
knows that you dominated.

- Or it's arrogance in--
- Boring.

- All I'm saying is,
I don't feel the need

to crow after every little win.

- Says the woman who strutted
in here dressed like that.

This old thing?

This is just my
"We put Elizabeth Smith

into the ground" outfit.

- Well, look
who's not humble now.

- Please.
Humility is for losers.

- Words to live by--
which I do.

Thank you, Rosalyn.

Listen, we have a staff meeting
this morning.

I'd like you to be there.

Do you mind telling me why?

- I will tell you
in the meeting.

Right now, there's something
I need to take care of.

* *

You just thinking about how
you're gonna miss all of us?

- More like wondering
what the big mystery is

that Rosalyn wanted me
to meet you here.

No mystery.

I just know that you're
leaving on Thursday,

and I wanted to make sure
that you got paid.

In full.

- Check day.
[chuckling]

Don't you think this is
missing a zero?

Are you kidding?

That's double what I said
I'd pay you as a bonus.

- Bonus that's missing a zero.
- Uh-huh.

- I mean, come on, Ted.
I did break Lester for you.

- You mean you found out
the truth...

- I'm with you.
- Withheld it from me...

- Where is this going?
- And then allowed me

to put on a defense that could
have gotten me disbarred.

I'll give you that one.

And you want an extra zero?

I said no such thing.

[chuckles]
Thanks, Ted.

You're welcome.

Listen, Kevin, I know it goes
without saying, but there is--

there's always an office here
with your name on it.

You know, that's funny.

Been out here all this time,

and you never gave me
an office.

It's a metaphor.

You're a metaphor.

- You don't know
what a metaphor is, do you?

And I never will.

[chuckles]

Gonna miss you, buddy.

I'll miss you too.

- [clears throat]
Ted, it's time.

Everyone's
in the conference room.

- Can you not see that we're
in the middle of a man hug?

I waited as long as I could.

I had to sit through
that stupid metaphor bit.

I thought we would
be here till Tuesday.

- I'm not gonna
miss you, Rosalyn.

You already do.

[light music]

- It occurs to me
that this is our very first

partners meeting
of the newly merged entity,

and Samantha and I have yet
to discuss who, in fact,

shall steer this blessed ship
on her maiden voyage.

- You're the one who called
the meeting, Stuart.

I hate these things.

It always starts
with a bad joke

before the inevitable
ten minutes reading the agenda.

On to item number four...

I have a meeting today
with David Bowie.

What? Icon David Bowie?

I love that guy!

Didn't he die,
like, ten years ago?

- He's talking about
a different David Bowie.

There's two David Bowies?

I didn't know there was one!

- Jesus Christ.
- Yep, passed away in 2016.

The question is, how?

That is not the question.

- Yeah, just give me a sec.
I'll have your answer.

- Is this how these things
usually go?

Watch this.

Copeland, clean out your desk.
You're fired.

And Melissa's cheating on you.

Liver cancer.

A silent killer.

If I may continue.

[phone buzzing]
I think that I--

Sorry, Stuart. I have to go.

OK, you know what?

I get that I'm the only one who
takes these meetings seriously,

but I don't think
it's too much to ask to--

sorry, Rick.

You do what you have to do.

[somber music]

* *

You're an idiot.

- I called this meeting
because all of you know

what we've gone through.

What you might not be aware of
is that this morning,

we made...

the front page, baby!

Yes. Thank you.

I appreciate that.

But this applause
should be for all of you.

You could have left.

You did not.

So this is for all of us.

[applause]

And I couldn't have done it
without you.

Thank you.

- Now, you may
have also noticed

there is a non-member of
the firm here, Amanda Stevens.

And that is because
without her,

this headline may very well
have read "guilty."

- Therefore--
- Ted, sorry to interrupt.

I need to talk to you.

- Rosalyn, we are in
the middle of a meeting.

I know, but this can't wait.

What happened?

- I just found out
John Amos died.

[somber music]

* *

I'm sorry, everyone.

This meeting's gonna have
to be put on hold.

* *

- * See the money,
want to stay for your meal *

* Get another piece of pie
for your wife *

* Everybody want to know
how it feel *

* Everybody want to see
what it's like *

* I'll even eat a bean pie,
I don't mind *

* Me and Missy is so busy,
busy making money *

* All right *

* All step back,
I'm 'bout to dance *

* The greenback boogie *

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What do we have here?

Betty Bear Claw.

Sally Sprinkles
looking fit and tasty.

Ooh, Jelly-Filled Judy.

Looks like we have a winner.
[chuckles]

- A man who names
his doughnuts.

- I'm comfortable
in my choices.

- I'm not mad at it.
[both chuckle]

Seriously, Kevin,
I have a favor to ask you

before you head back
to New York.

- Yeah, yeah.
What do you got?

- Tomorrow
is my mom's birthday.

We have a tradition of going
to dinner the night before,

just the two of us.

And I wanted to do
something special.

She an attractive woman?

- What does that
have to do with it?

Please, continue.

- So she has a friend from
elementary school

in Altadena.
Her name's Caroline Baker.

They've lost touch
over the years,

but she still talks about her.

And I was wondering if--

- You want me to find her.
- Yes.

Here's everything
I know about her.

I'll do what I do.

- Thank you.
- [chuckles]

OK.

I'll give you some privacy.

We gonna need it.

Did you miss me?

Yes, you did.

[chuckles]

[chuckles]

- Like, this is what
I'm saying.

How do they do this
so perfectly?

Whenever I try it,
it turns out like...

both: A shapeless blob.
[laughter]

- You know,
I love when we do that.

- That's actually why
I wanted to meet you here.

- Oh, my God.
Is this what I think it is?

- Don't get me wrong,
my current lawyer is fine.

But I want someone
who really gets me,

and let's face it, that's you.

- I will face it.
- I know.

- It is me.
- I know.

[squeals]

I would love to be
your new lawyer.

- Great!
Then let's get started.

I have a new script.

I'd love to see
what you can do with it.

- [exhales heavily]
May the Force be with me.

Did you hear the news?

I did.

- Do you know
where we're going?

I do.

One thing.

What's that?

Take a car.

Already done.

[dramatic music]

* *

- OK, what is so urgent
that you pulled me away

from preparing for the biggest
trial of my career?

- I called you
because I need to know

if I'm facing criminal charges.

What? Why?

- Got a target letter
from your office last night

saying I was the subject
of an investigation.

If you got this,

you already know
that you're facing charges.

So tell me
what you want from me.

Because I am not
risking my career

to get you out
of whatever this is.

- Your career is why
I'm goddamn in this.

- You--

you did something.

Pellegrini has proof.

And that is what he used
to get you to offer me a job.

He didn't pay you.
He extorted you.

And when you didn't come
through, he hung you out to dry

to make me look dirty.

Tell me I'm wrong.

- You talking to me as my son
or as a US attorney?

- If you're asking me that, we
have nothing more to discuss.

- Teddy.
- Don't "Teddy" me!

You got yourself into this.

You can get yourself out.

* *

Ted.

- Rick.
It's good to see you.

You too.

Just wish it wasn't for this.

- Well, I'm glad
you could make it.

No one else understands
what losing John means.

- You might not remember this,
but he's actually

the first client
you let me share.

- You won't know this,
but I didn't want to share him.

He was my first client.

But he saw something in you,

and somewhere along the way,
he...

convinced me that

you would take far better care
of him than me.

I know.

John told me.

Never cared for the man.

Terrible judge of character.

Look at that.

He's gone,

and he's still
putting us back together.

He always had a way.

America's father.

[chuckles]

- To John.
- To John.

[glasses clink]

America's father.

- I miss this.
- Me too.

Can we--

What do you say
we have a few more?

- Depends on if you
can pace yourself.

Me? Please.

We both know I can drink you
under the table.

[slurps]

[chuckles]

[gulps] Ah. [coughs]

- Let's go.
- [chuckles]

- David Bowie.
- And you are?

Stuart Lane.

I know you're a busy man,
so let's get right to it.

You were hired by the studio
to stop a whistleblower

from coming forward.

- I wasn't hired by anyone
to do anything.

- And yet somehow
Anne Jones' car blew up.

I don't like your tone.

- You're not hiring me
for my tone.

You're hiring me
to get you off.

I haven't hired you at all.

Speaking of which, why isn't
Samantha Railsback here?

- Why would she be?
She's entertainment.

This is a criminal matter.

I've been accused of a crime.

If I want people in this
industry to keep hiring me--

- You need a veneer
of respectability.

Again with the tone.

I didn't come here
for your criminal expertise.

I came here because
I want Samantha Railsback

at a press conference
saying that she believes in me.

People respect her,
so they'll respect me.

- What they'll respect
is me winning your case

and you walking away free.

Any monkey can win this case.

Get me Samantha Railsback,

or I'll find myself
another chimp.

* *

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[siren wailing in distance]

- Oh, look, your car's here.
Yay.

- You all right there, slugger?
- Mm-hmm.

- Looking a little unsteady
on your feet.

- I'm steady.
- Yeah?

Steady as a rock!

[groans]

Star.

- We just--
we just saying words now?

Come on, up you come.

Yeah. You're good.

I'm great.

- Do you get it?
- What?

- Do you know
how many stars there are

on the Hollywood Walk of Fame?

- I do not know,
but I bet that you do.

I don't know.

But I do know not one of these
stars is for John Amos.

But you and I?

We're gonna change that,
forever.

That is an excellent idea.

This is why you should have
six old-fashioneds more often.

- [sniffles]
You have a great chin.

[chuckling]

- Look at your hair.
- Don't touch my hair.

Your nose.

- Shotgun!
- [chuckles]

Oh.

For Ted Black?

That's not me.

I was looking for you.

- Well, you found me, just like
I found your mother's friend--

alive and well
and living in Phoenix.

- I don't know
how to thank you.

You already have.

You know, doing this
got me thinking.

Except for once, Ted and I
didn't talk to each other

for the past 15 years.

And somewhere in there,
my wife died.

I didn't know it at the time,
but...

eh, I wish I had
had him to talk to.

You know?

Now I realize how special
it's been

for me to be here
these last weeks.

- Who is this handsome man?
- Oh.

- Oh, wait a minute,
wait a minute.

"Very handsome."

- [laughs]
Ooh, I'm not gonna fight you.

[laughter]

- Ma.
- Oh, Erica,

I'm married, not dead.

Ooh, I like her already.

So does my father.

Kevin, this is my mom,
Mrs. Anita Rollins.

Mommy, this is Kevin.
Now say goodbye.

- It's nice to meet you, Anita.
- Nice to meet you.

- And you must be a hell
of a mother to have raised

- such a wonderful daughter.
- Thank you.

[chuckles]

[whispers] I'll call you.

- Ma!
[laughter]

At the workplace?

It's my birthday.

Come on.

- Get in the--go.
Get in the car.

[button clicks, console beeps]

Why is my chair touching me?

- I thought you
might like a massage.

- Oh, Ted, you got
to get in on this, man.

This is amazing.

I'm sure it is.

- You need to say,
this is amazing, 'cause--

- No, I--I don't want to.

Say that it's amazing.

Say it. Say it.

- It's amazing.
It's amazing.

[light music]

What's amazing?

You are, slugger.

- Mm.
- You are.

Mm.

You know, I never
told you this, but...

ever since I left,
I realized--

and Erica, you know?

* *

[laughter]

- Well, all I'm saying is,
would it hurt you to show

just a little bit of cleavage?

No!

- This check is not
gonna pay for itself.

[chuckling] Oh, my goodness.

You are on one tonight.

In fact, the way you were
flirting with Kevin--

ought to ban you
from my office.

- Well, you do what
you have to do, OK?

But I was flirting
for a reason.

What do you mean?

- I heard him talking
about his wife.

The man covers it up,
but he is still mourning.

I just wanted
to wake him up a little.

- You got all that from
meeting him in two minutes?

- I got all that
in two seconds.

The sound of his voice
when he was talking about her

reminds me of my father.

He never recovered
after your grandmother passed.

- Are you saying Kevin needs
to get himself back out there?

- I'm saying
he needs something.

Hmm.

Well, speaking
of needing something,

I tracked down Caroline Baker.

Erica.

Kevin was right.

I am an amazing mother.

[laughs]

You are.

Happy birthday, Mommy.

Thank you, baby.

[soft music]

* *

- Rosalyn,
do you have a minute?

I signed my first client today.

She's an accomplished writer,
and she gave me

her newest script to read.

And?

- And I think I can
write a better one.

And that got me thinking
about the road not taken,

and I was wondering
if you think

Erica and Ted would be open
to me taking a sabbatical.

- I don't see
why they wouldn't be.

- Really?
- Of course.

It's no different than when Ted
put himself up

for "Training Day"
instead of Denzel Washington.

Ted did that?

- No, because Ted is a lawyer,
not an actor.

And he would never
sell his client out.

Well, it's not like that.

- Let me tell you
what it's like.

Not three weeks ago,
you're polishing your résumé,

and now, on the day
you sign your first client,

you're thinking
of changing careers?

- Well, I just
wanted to see if--

- Leah, I understand
the concept of roads not taken.

But if you're gonna have
a career as a writer,

it's not taking a sabbatical.

It's dedicating
your life to it.

So here's what I'm gonna do.

I'm gonna grant you
a 48-hour sabbatical.

Pick a lane.

* *

Leah?

- Hey.
- What are you doing here?

It's, like,
3:00 in the morning.

- It's 8:30.
- Whatever. [sighs]

- Why are you here?
- Um...

well, we were approached
by a writer for representation.

Unfortunately,
we have a conflict.

But we all think he has
a lot of potential,

and I thought you might
want the inside track.

- OK, well,
I'd need to read a sample.

- Oh, I actually have four
of his scripts right here.

Ezra Bridger.

Name sounds familiar.

Have you read all these?

Yeah, many times.

- Thanks, Leah.
- Of course.

- Please leave.
- Yeah, I will--

I was never--yeah.

- I need to talk to you
for a minute.

I met with David Bowie today.

You sign him?

Not exactly.

Turns out, my services
aren't all he's looking for.

- Why don't you get to it,
Stuart?

Because not in the habit
of representing criminals.

- He's not just any criminal,
and you know it.

He operates in your world.

- He fixes problems for studios
using violence,

intimidation,
and who knows what else.

Dress him up any way you want.

We aren't in the same world.

- Look, all the man wants
is for you to say

a few words on his behalf
at a press conference.

- He wants to use
my reputation to whitewash his.

And I'm not doing it.

I don't believe it.

This is Ted Black
all over again.

What did you just say to me?

- I came here because I thought
things would be different.

And here you are,
holding your nose

at my side of the business,
just like Ted.

- I'm not holding
my nose at it.

I just don't want to be in it.

- Your name's
on the goddamn letterhead!

You're in it whether you
want to admit it or not.

I have a client
who doesn't need

anything more from you
than to utter three sentences

and walk away.

If you can't do that,
I'm no better off

than when
I was working with Ted.

[dramatic music]

* *

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- Oh.
- Fancy meeting you here.

Me?

I never knew you
to be a breakfast girl.

- Truth be told,
I'm in no hurry

to get to the office
this morning.

Your boy Stuart
is a piece of work.

I'm meeting someone.

I have a few minutes.

Let me have it.

- We got into it
over David Bowie.

- OK.
- Stuart wants me

to publicly vouch for him,

and I don't want to get
within 50 feet of that scumbag.

- Well, let me guess--

Stuart's taking that
personally.

- He said
I reminded him of you.

Did he?

- Mm-hmm.

- Look, I'm not saying
that I had nothing to do

with what happened
between me and Stuart.

I have been hard
on criminal defense.

But you know the saying,
"When you're a hammer,

the whole world
looks like a nail"?

Well, with Stuart,

when you have a chip
on your shoulder,

it feels like the whole world
doesn't respect you.

[dramatic music]

[phone rings]

Oh, hello.

Are you hungover?

What? Why would you say that?

- Maybe because of the drunken
message you sent me last night?

- Right.
The message. Yeah.

You have no recollection

of anything that I'm saying,
do you?

You can't prove that.

In fact, I remember calling you
at exactly...

6:57 PM.

- Then all you have to do
is remember what you asked me,

and maybe I'll say yes.

- How can I remember
what I asked?

I don't even remember
calling you.

- If that's the case,
if it comes to you,

I will definitely say yes.

- Now I have to go.
- Wait, whoa, whoa!

Can you give me a hint?

Nope.

[sighs] Damn it.

- You ready?
- Yeah. Let's do it.

[exhales sharply]

[upbeat music]

* *

Steve.

- Thought you two weren't
working together anymore.

- We are today.
- I see.

- Mind if we sit down?
- Please sit. Sit.

What can I do you for?

- I'm sure heard the news
about John Amos?

- I did.
My condolences.

- And since you sit
on the board

of the Hollywood
Walk of Fame--

You want to give John a star.

- We were hoping you could help
us cut through the red tape.

- Consider it cut.
Two years, star goes in.

Guarantee a prime location.

- Thank you.
- Two years?

Ted, this is a win.

- No, listen,
I get the frustration,

but Leo, Denzel, Beyoncé,

not one of them has a star.

- You know, I know Denzel
doesn't have a star.

He's my client.
And if Denzel were here,

he'd be the first one
to tell you

that he wouldn't be
where he is today

without John Amos
paving the way.

OK, well, be that as it may,

you're asking me
to fast-track this,

and two years
is the best I can do.

- The man's a legend.
He's an icon.

Have you even seen
"Good Times" or "Roots"?

- I admit, that's a little
before my time.

- Well, God forbid you know
something about the business

- that you work in.
- OK, Ted.

- John Amos was the
Sidney Poitier of television.

He broke new ground
for Black America,

and he was a father figure
for all of America.

He should have had a star
decades ago,

nd if you can't recognize that,

you're in the wrong
goddamn business!

- Say one more word,
and he won't get a star at all.

- Then I'm gonna be on my way,
because I have to look

at your face
for one more second,

I'm gonna do a lot more
to you than say words.

You got to be kidding me.

That son of a bitch
puts our case in jeopardy.

You cover for him, and now
he wants you to get him out

from under
a federal investigation

you didn't even know
was going on?

- I'm gonna nominate him
for Father of the Year.

- [chuckles] Glad you can see
the humor in this.

- Well, I'm either gonna laugh
or kill myself.

The second
that they arrest him,

my career at
the Justice Department is over.

* *

- Doesn't have to be.
- How's that?

- You go in there
and you tell Jackson

no one is more qualified
than you

to prosecute your father,

and you put him away
your damn self.

Are you out of your mind?

He'll never go for it.

Make him go for it.

* *

The man is still my father.

- Then go in there
and tell Jackson you quit,

because, Teddy,
if you don't convince them

to let you do this,

they sure as hell
gonna fire you.

* *

- When they told me
you wanted to meet me here,

I wondered why.

- Kevin, I'm not gonna
beat around the bush.

Any fool can see
how much you mean to Ted.

Truth be told, I've gotten
a little used to you myself.

- If I were to stay,
you'd be running into me

a lot more often.

I can live with that.

- Might run into your mother
some more too.

- OK, I'm scraping this name
off the door right now.

- Erica, I--I don't know
what to say.

Say yes.

Tell you what,

it's a big deal
to up and change your life.

So why don't you just sit here
for a while

and imagine what it could be.

[dramatic music]

* *

.

- Ted.
What can I do for you?

- I want to know why you sent
a target letter to my father

and you didn't
give me a heads-up.

- It's not personal.
It's optics.

- The optics are
that you can't trust me

and that my career
is about to be over.

What do you want me to say?

- I want you to let me be
the one to prosecute my father.

- I do that, they laugh me
out of the room.

- Do you think it's any
coincidence that all of this

is happening right
when I'm about to start

prosecuting Pellegrini?

He's trying to get me off
the case, and I can prove it.

- How the hell
you gonna do that?

- By getting my father
to testify that Pellegrini

extorted him
to get me off the case.

That's obstruction right there.

- When were you gonna
tell me that little nugget?

- I'm telling you now.
- Let me guess--

Daddy doesn't go to prison.

- This has nothing to do with
getting him a sweetheart deal.

This has to do
with putting Pellegrini away...

- Ted, it would--
- Because I have put everything

on the line
to get this bastard.

- And I'm supposed
to be telling you to ask--

- Goddamn it!
I lost Samantha.

[dramatic music]

OK.

You get your father to put the
nail in Pellegrini's coffin,

and I'll see what I can do

about letting you take
both cases.

If not?

- You go after Pellegrini
with what you have.

And when it's over,

you hand in your resignation.

* *

- What can I help you with,
Rick?

- Well, I came
to let you know that I

talked Steve off the ledge.

We're getting the star
in two years.

But if he hears
from you again, it's over.

- I thought I taught you
better than that.

Excuse me?

- I thought I taught you
to fight for your clients.

Well, you don't do that

by insulting the man
who controls what you want.

- You sure as hell don't do it
by accepting terms.

You do it by dictating them.

We did dictate them.

We said we wanted a star.

- He said yes.
- He didn't say yes!

He said it would take time.

Do you know what happens
with time, Rick?

People forget.

Well, I am not gonna
let them forget John.

My mistake, Ted.

I thought I could do
one last thing to help John,

but it turns out,
you're the one that needs help.

- You're right,
this is all my fault!

So why don't you
do what you do?

Run away like you did before,
except this time,

don't bother writing a note,

because I am done wasting
my time with your excuses.

- I don't need
to write anything.

I'll tell you
right to your face.

Ted, go to hell.

* *

- Rick.
Good, you're here.

I hate to follow up so quickly,

but there's interest
in that writer, and--

- Whoever wants him
can have him.

- You didn't respond
to the material?

Barely got through ten pages.

- Which script did you read?
Because his range is--

Leah, I know what's going on.

You do?

- Usually your taste
is spot-on,

but in this case,
you're too close

to be objective because...

you're doing this
as a favor to a friend?

I am.

But I know for a fact
that there are

professional writers that value
his feedback very highly.

Then let him give feedback.

But giving great notes,
it's not the same

as being a great writer.

I won't waste
any more of your time.

All right, Leah, hold on.

Look.

If it helps,
I looked up Ezra Bridger.

The only hit I got

is the lead character
in "Star Wars Rebels."

So if your friend is hiding
behind a pen name,

deep down, he knows he doesn't
have what it takes.

* *

- Hey.
- Hey.

- I appreciate you
putting Erica up

to that whole office thing,
but--

- Kevin, I didn't put Erica up
to anything.

- You didn't ask her
to try to get me to stay?

Of course not.

'Cause you know I can't.

And I know why.

Your father.

Speaking of fathers,

before you go,

there's something
that you and I need to do.

[knock at door]

You have a minute?

I ran into Ted today.

Got me thinking.

I'm pretty sure you feel
the same way about David Bowie

that I do.

He's a heinous human being.

- You're able to put that
in a box and represent him.

And I have
great respect for that.

But I don't want to get
within a hundred feet of him,

and I need you to respect that.

- It still feels like you want
the dirty laundry taken care of

but you want to pretend
you have nothing to do with it.

- You're right, but I'm good
with that flaw in me.

The fact that you
take it so personally

that you're the one doing
the laundry, that's on you.

Having said all that,

I will attend
your next meeting with him,

let him know what's what,

side by side.

That's OK.

I'll do it myself.

- But I thought you--

- I don't need you
to be by my side.

I just needed to know
you would.

You got all that
from a run-in with Ted?

Most of it was me.

But he did admit
that he played a role

in what happened
between you two.

- He sort of already said
the same thing to me.

I guess it's good to know
he meant it.

He does respect you, Stuart,

whether you like it or not.

[dramatic music]

* *

[line ringing]

- Are you calling to yell
at me about something new?

I'm calling to say I'm sorry.

Me blowing up had nothing
to do with you.

I'd been avoiding John
for weeks

because the last time
that we spoke, we had a fight.

I didn't take his advice,

and I didn't want to face him.

What was the advice?

- He told me to forgive
my father before he died.

And you didn't?

I did not.

John Amos and James Evans
were the same in that...

they were exactly
who I wanted my dad to be--

honest, strong, tough...

Would do anything
for their kids.

So when that moron didn't even
know "Good Times"--

Ted, I understand.

- We good?
- Not yet.

The night of the fight
was the night you left.

John told me
that I was re-creating

the dynamic with my father
with you and Stuart.

If I did that,
I didn't mean to.

I'm sorry.

- Look, Ted, I don't know
what happened between you

and your father,
but I'm guessing

you never had
a conversation like this.

So I'd say you're already
ahead of the game.

You know what you're saying?

What's that?

That idiot Amos was wrong.

- Too soon?
- What's he gonna do, fire us?

Ha.

No, he's not.

Good night, Rick.

Good night, Ted.

[dramatic music]

* *

Please, Tina, have a seat.

You'll see on the table
an engagement letter

outlining the scope
in terms of our services.

- Conference room,
engagement letter--

this seems so formal.

- Obviously, you and I
have become friends.

And when we're at the movies or
we're talking film over coffee,

that's one thing.

But here is where
I kill for you.

And it's also where
I tell you the truth.

About what?

This.

I can't do what you do.

But I can tell
when something is undeniable,

and this isn't there yet.

- My other lawyer said they
could sell this in a minute.

- They can, because you're
coming off a Dylan Pryor movie

and you're hot,

but I'm not
talking about selling it.

I'm talking about
getting it made.

Now, I may not be a writer,

but I know I can help you
put this over the top.

This may not be
what you want in a lawyer,

but it's the kind of lawyer
I'm going to be.

- Hey.
Glad you're here.

My mom got in touch
with Caroline Baker last night,

and they're gonna
get together next month.

That's nice.

- But?
- Erica,

as much as
I appreciate your offer,

I can't stay.

And I want you to know why.

- Kevin, you don't have to--
- No, no, listen.

I--

I always wanted
to work with my father.

You know, the plan was
to retire from the FBI

and join his little
detective agency.

Turns out, I didn't make it
to retirement.

I got kicked out.

And my dad was there for me.

So that agency
is all I have left of him.

And I just--

I just can't let it go.

You really are a sweet man.

[soft music]

* *

Kevin...

you getting
kicked out of the FBI,

did that have anything
to do with Ted?

I mean, you said the two of you
didn't speak all those years.

- That's a story
for another time.

* *

.

- Is that
your resignation letter?

No.

It's a signed engagement letter
for my new client, Tina Liu.

So you picked a lane.

I made a lane.

- Finally.
- What?

- When you applied here,
it was between you

and another candidate.

On paper,
it should have been her.

But I went out
on a limb for you.

Why would you do that?

You didn't even know me.

- Because I saw
a little bit of me in you.

[phone ringing]

I have to take this.

[soft music]

Ted Black's office.

Let me see if he's in.

* *

Ted,

Stuart's on the phone for you.

Do you want me to tell him
you're gone for the day?

No, I'll take it.

Thank you.

Stuart, how can I help you?

- I wanted to express
my condolences over John Amos.

I know how much
he meant to you.

- You know, I appreciate
that more than you know.

Night, Ted.

Night, slugger.

Don't call me slugger.

You got it, slugger.

- [line clicks]
- [chuckles]

Hey, got a minute?

- Sure.
What's up?

You don't remember, do you?

- To be honest, the past two
days have been a bit of a blur.

- Maybe this
will jog your memory.

You wanted me
in the staff meeting,

but then didn't tell me why?

Doesn't ring a bell.

Not even a little bit?

- I wanted to formally
nominate you

as our new head
of criminal defense.

I did not see that coming.

- I think that you are
an outstanding lawyer,

and I would like to work
more closely with you.

And I just think that we could
do great things together.

- No doubt we could.
But--

- I understand
that the pro bono thing

is still very important to you.

But I think that we could
come to an arrangement

that you would be good with.

I need to think about it.

That's all I can ask.

- Just to be clear,
you were gonna ask me this

in front of everyone?

- Yep. Yeah.
- Uh-huh.

- I thought that you would like
a grand gesture.

[light music]

* *

Hey, Ted. You ready?

I got it all set up upstairs.

[smooth music]

- Yeah.
I'll be right up.

- Like I said,
I'll think about it.

- Think about it.
- Yeah.

* *

Well, look who it is.

I remember why I called you.

You do?

I do.

You still care to join me?

Your place or mine?

Why don't you come to mine?

I'm on my way.

* *

- So are we just
offering Kevin jobs now?

- I thought you'd like to have
your partner here with you.

Oh, I already do.

[elevator bell dings]

[chuckles]

We'll see you tomorrow,
partner.

- Do I look like
I was born yesterday?

You called me over here because
you said you had a way out.

This is a way out.

You testify against Pellegrini,

you get witness protection
instead of prison.

- Let's ask Billy Esposito
how that worked out for him.

Oh, wait.
We can't, because he's dead.

- Dad, I'm just--
I'm trying to--

- Oh, now,
now you call me Dad--

when you want
something from me.

- Yeah, I want to put
this monster away.

I want to try to save my career
that you put a bullet in

when you let him extort you.

But most of all,
I would like for once

to have my father
do the right thing.

You want me to say it?

I'm scared.

[dramatic music]

- You know,
when I was growing up,

there was always a present for
every promise that you broke.

And I would have
traded all of them

to have what every one
of my friends had--

and I didn't.

To know that if
push came to shove,

you would trade
your life for mine.

- This isn't about me
risking my life for yours.

This is just me
risking my life.

- What, you think they're not
gonna try to kill me too?

I'm asking you
to stand next to me,

side by side,
father and son.

Teddy...

I'm sorry.

* *

I'd rather go to prison
than die.

* *

Teddy.

- Teddy.
- Hmm?

Press Play.

- Yeah.
Sorry.

[upbeat music playing over TV]

* Good times *

- * Anytime
you meet a payment *

* Good times *

- * Anytime
you meet a friend *

* Good times *

- * Anytime
you're out from under *

* Not getting hassled *

* Not getting hustled *

* Keeping your head
above water *

* Making a way when you can *

* Temporary layoffs *

* Good times *

- * Easy credit rip-offs *

* Good times *

* Ain't we lucky
we got 'em *

* Good times *

- You want me too?
Huh?

What you want?
You want to hit me?

Come on, hit me, man.
Hit me.

Go on, hit me!

- I don't want
to hit you, son.

I don't want nothing.

Florida, what you doing here?

I thought I told you
to stay home, baby.

- James, I was so worried
about what you might do,

I had to come.

- You let him go, huh?
- Yeah.

Plenty of guns but no places
to put the kids that use them.

- Well, there ain't nothing
we could do, James.

- Yeah, there was something
I could have done.

I could have broke him
in half, but--

Florida, what kind
of father am I

to feel sorry for the man
that shot my son?

The right kind, James.

The right kind.

[applause]

* Good times *

- * Anytime
you meet a payment *

* Good times *

- * Anytime
you meet a friend *

* Good times *

- * Anytime
you're out from under *

* Not getting hassled *

* Not getting hustled *

* Keeping your head
above water *

* Making a way when you can *

* Temporary layoffs *

* Good times *

- * Easy credit rip-offs *

* Good times *

* Scratching and surviving *

Aaron. Aaron!