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I like it.

Thanks.

It's menswear.

I mean, they're nice clothes, but suits
are for men.

Why? Looks better on her.

No offense, Jimmy.

That's rude, Rebecca.

You like it?

Well, I gotta get used to it, but yeah,
it looks hot.

Where? Oh, no.

All right, tell him I can be there in
about ten minutes.

Great. You've got to be kidding me. I
wish I were.

Homicide scene. They think I need to see
it.

Why?

You don't want to know.

Five minutes. I'll be right back.

No,

keep coming.

Keep coming.

All right, hold up there. All right,
there you go. Come on.

The coroner said she's been dead about
24 hours.

Sorry for pulling you down here, Helen,
but with the jurisdictional tug of

war... It's bad.

Found the poem.

Cloudy with a chance of membranes.

Scattered hands.

Right one's up there.

Left one's in the corner.

You called the FBI?

Yeah.

She was raped first?

Can't tell yet.

Okay, well, it looks like a poet.

We leave everything where it is. Nobody
moves or removes anything.

This will be a federal investigation.

We leave everything for the FBI to see.

I've read about this guy before.

The poet.

Leaves a little limerick at the scene.

Cuts off heads.

And it's always great -looking women,
too. This is the fourth one.

Knockout body, no head.

It's sick.

Telling me to take a plea.

I don't need to hire a lawyer just to
tell me to give up. No, you don't.

Please wait in the conference room. I'll
be in shortly with a list of new

attorneys. Don't be making smart,
neither.

I'm not too old to take a swing at you.
And I'm not too young to swing back.

Uncle Todd, please go into the
conference room. Don't you be talking to

Please go in there and be quiet.

He is driving me crazy.

I got a job to six months off. He still
won't take it.

Because I'm not going to say I'm guilty.
You are guilty. You don't pay your

taxes. It's a crime.

What the hell is going on? His trial is
going on. He won't take the plea, and I

got to go in and argue. He should be
exempt from paying state taxes. And the

only possible good I see is that they
may lock him up, and I won't have to

with him anymore. All right.

All right.

It's a shoddy ship you run.

I had to cancel my day. I've been to
crime scenes before, but... Body with a

chance of membranes? It was the
scattered hands that got me.

Oh, no.

Do I have to?

You think I like it?

Ordinarily, I wouldn't bring you in.

No.

This is Minor.

Shift.

District Attorney Helen Gamble.

Where's the head? Right here.

The fatality was caused by a massive
skull fracture.

Indicated by this depression on the
temporal lobe. She was bludgeoned.

Probably by a blunt instrument.

We found microscopic wood fragments in
the scalp, so probably a wood handle,

maybe an axe or hammer.

Let's go to the neck. I thought

you had

it.

With previous victims.

The skin was mashed and the cutting was
jagged.

Here, the incisions are made with
straight vertical cuts.

The ligaments... Right here.

The ligaments of the cervical spine have
been incised individually.

Oh, this means what?

It means the poet didn't do this.

This is a copycat.

What? Turning to the abdomen.

No semen.

No vaginal bruising. I don't think she
was raped.

What are you telling me here?

I'm telling you that this was probably
done by somebody who knew her.

It wasn't the poet.

And it's therefore not an FBI
investigation any longer.

It's all yours.

And you were able to compute Mr.
Emerson's income for the years 1995 and

I didn't have to compute it. He declared
it. He declared it? In his federal

return. Based on those returns, he owed
the state $11 ,000.

$612 for $95, $13 ,603 for $96, totaling
$25

,215. And did you seek payment?

We did.

Did he respond?

He did.

How did he respond, sir?

He said he had a commemorative Jackie
Robinson Louisville Slugger baseball

and if I'd come by his residence, he'd
drive it up my buttocks sideways if I'd

prefer.

Objection. No, I said it.

You're damn right I said it.

The objection is withdrawn.

You brought her here? In case you wanted
to question her. Why? I am looking for

the broadest possible warrant. This guy
owns real estate in Maine, too.

Whatever you can think of.

You think this doctor's the guy?

Well, you listen.

Tell me.

First of all, I'm extremely sorry for
your loss. And I know it doesn't make it

easier for you to deal with the police.

Why don't you just arrest him?

Well, the thing is, we need to be sure
what you're saying.

Did you ever see your daughter with this
Dr. Winslow?

No.

And she never told you she was having a
relationship with him?

Not at first.

But eventually.

I already told all this to him. Do I
have to? The problem is, we'd be getting

our warrants on circumstantial evidence,
so legally we want to be covered.

Mrs. Marks, we'd hate to lose an arrest
because we moved too fast.

I knew she was having an affair with a
married man.

That much she admitted to me.

At once, while visiting her, I saw a
picture of her with this Dr. Winslow.

It was on the beach in the Bahamas or
something.

And you recognized him how?

I didn't, actually.

I'd never seen him before.

But about a week later, he was on the
news.

The news.

He and some other doctor had invented
this new heart file that he was getting

interviewed.

And that's when I got his name.

Dr. Jeffrey Winslow.

And when I asked her about him, she
reluctantly admitted that this was the

Why would you think he played a part in
your daughter's death?

Because two days ago, she was scared.

She said she was having problems with
the man that she was seeing, and she was

afraid that he might hurt her.

We can't make an arrest on that.

Search is possible.

I haven't given you a punchline.

What? He had access as to how the poet
killed his victims.

How? The last one, I'll toss it in his
hospital.

You're thinking.

What are you thinking?

Extramarital affair.

Azar's wife didn't know about it.

So? So she might be helpful before she
finds out we're zeroing in on her

husband.

Post some medical journals.

This guy's a hot shot heart surgeon. I'm
sure he's been snapped at a benefit or

two. See if you can get a picture of his
wife.

Think of the making year of his car.

What are you up to?

Her picture, his car. Should be easy to
get.

Did my client ever try to hide what he
was doing from you? No, no, he was

refreshingly straightforward.

And like you said, he filed his federal
return, didn't he? Yes, he did.

He paid his federal taxes?

Yes, he did. And did my client give you
a reason as to why he wouldn't pay his

state taxes?

Well, he said when his house caught on
fire, the fire department didn't come.

And since he'd paid taxes for fire
protection and didn't get it, he wasn't

to pay any more.

And you rejected that reason?

I did, though I sympathized. I was even
inclined to maybe let it slide.

You were?

Yeah. Until he dropped off that pig.

The pig?

He greased up a pig, more like a big fat
hog, and he wrote on it, pay to the

order of the state franchise tax board,
and he set it loose in my office.

And he said if the hog lays a big steamy
bovine log, enjoy.

Can

I

help you?

Yes, I'm looking for Bobby Donald.

Can I tell him who's calling?

Jacob Hurwitz.

Jacob Hurwitz of Hurwitz, Lichtman and
Gill.

Right.

Wow.

This, of course, is extremely
confidential. Of course.

It's possible that Jeffrey might become
a suspect in a rather high -profile

murder.

There was a woman found dead.

And she was thought at first to be the
victim of a serial killer, but evidently

now... Let me stop you right there. In
the spirit of small worlds, I think I'm

involved with the DA heading that case.

You think you're involved, or you think
she's the DA?

Both. So we should probably terminate
this discussion.

Yes, well, we could do that, but if
there is conflict of interest, the onus

would be on the district attorney to
withdraw, don't you think?

Well, it could be, but I really don't
want to put her in that position.

I see.

Or does she feel strongly about staying
in it?

I don't know.

Well, I should think that you would ask
her before declining our offer.

What offer?

Mr. Donald, my law firm could defend and
probably do so successfully.

But with homicide, well, my client has
asked me to refer him to the most

prolific attorney for this particular
category.

And right now, in this town, it is this
firm.

I had nothing to do with her death, Mr.
Donald.

But I was having an affair with her.

I'm willing to pay a premium to snuff
out even the suspicion.

I have a wife, family, not to mention
I'm chief cardiothoracic surgeon and

general. I cannot have this affair come
to light.

I'm prepared to hire this entire firm to
see that doesn't happen.

Well, this...

The entire firm would be expensive.

I know that.

I'm ready to give you a retainer for one
million dollars.

You didn't tell me about any pig.

Oh, grow up. Grow up? You assault them
with a greased pig that just pops up in

trial? You don't think we should have
known about that? I didn't know.

What else do I need to know? Some law.
You know any law?

Okay, that's it. Can I take him for a
second? Keep him.

I don't care how mad you are.

You want to avoid jail, you better care.

Now, right now, that jury isn't
laughing. They don't like you.

You have one chance to make them like
you and just screw that up. It's prison.

Uncle Ty, are you listening to me?

Prison.

I hear you.

I have a hard time asking people to feel
sorry for me, Beck.

You know that.

And I got a particular hard time begging
mercy on this.

They let my place burn.

Who else would know about this affair?

Presumably nobody. Cindy was discreet.

Oh, I suppose it's conceivable she told
somebody.

There's an ex -husband with
psychological problems.

If she had told him... Could he have
killed her?

I don't know.

Have the police made any contact?

No, no.

I thought I should go and see them.

That's when I decided to see Jacob.

Yeah, and I'm not sure that's a good
idea.

When's the last time you saw her? Cindy?

About a week ago.

Where? At her apartment. That was pretty
much the usual venue for our

relationship. Look, I'm sure his
fingerprints are there.

And since he's a hospital employee, the
prints are definitely on record. The

question is, do we wait for the police
to seek us out, or do we, in the spirit

of nothing to hide, come forward?

Nothing to hide spirit doesn't get you
much, but... Look, I gotta discuss this

with the members of my firm. I gotta
deal with the conflicts.

Okay. But we need a quick decision.

I understand.

When I called 911, it was just smoke.

Three quarters of a mile.

That's the distance between my apartment
and that firehouse.

And the time you called?

Between 7 .20 and 7 .30.

You're sure of this?

I'm positive.

I first smelled the smoke during Final
Jeopardy.

Final Jeopardy.

That's one of those celebrity shows they
have during the sweeps.

Mr. Emerson, what time did the fire
department arrive at your house?

Until almost 8 .15.

By then, the whole place was ablaze.
They didn't come.

Objection. They didn't come.

They let my place burn because they
didn't like my neighborhood.

Objection. Sustained.

Mr. Young, please control your client.

Mr. Emerson.

Control yourself.

I'll let you give the performance.

Oh, yeah, I'm good at that.

Mrs. Winslow?

Yes. My name's Helen Gamble. I'm from
the district attorney's office. This is

Detective Michael McCrew. Ma 'am?

What's wrong?

Nothing, I think. We're terribly sorry
for bothering you.

May we come in, please?

This will just take a second. We don't
need to. It's embarrassing, really. But

there was a murder the other night in
Boston. It's reported to be the work of

serial killer.

I read about it. Yes, well, you're not
going to believe this, but somebody has

identified you as leaving the building
of the victim.

What? We're just checking it out, that's
all. She came in with this paper

pointing at you, saying she saw you that
night.

That's ridiculous.

I didn't even leave my house Tuesday.

We didn't put much stock in it. It's
just somebody else saw a custard blue

Mercedes driving in the vicinity, and
it's a coincidence.

It's my husband.

He's a doctor. He works at Mass General.
He was probably on his way to the

hospital. Right, which is just off
Strohe Drive. Sure.

He went in that night.

Yes. Yes. Great. That explains it.

We're terribly sorry for bothering you.

You know, do you remember about the time
your husband left and the time he came

back? If we can establish that it was
his car, we can rule out this blue car

business. A call came in around 10.

He was home by 1.

Great, thanks.

And again, we're very sorry for
disturbing you.

Lieutenant Columbo, you must still call
it.

Okay, we got him in the area around the
time. Oh, by the way, have we gone in

that house as police agents without
warrants? I didn't think about that,

All right, she's probably calling him as
we speak. We better move.

Let's go, boys.

Cellar to attic. Take all day if you
need it.

Got it.

I think we got him, Mike.

We got to make him take the plea. He
won't. Well, talk to him, Rebecca.

Why can't you just do this, Eugene?

He practically raised me.

He was always there for me. That man,
more than anybody else, taught me

how not to sit back and take it. Not
from anybody.

Right now, he needs me.

He needs you to help him not to have to
sit back and take it. That way all that

scum we help every day. Why can't we
just help him?

Come on, guys. We got some business to
discuss.

We will.

Listen up.

An opportunity has presented itself.
This Cindy Marks murder, a potential

suspect has come to us for
representation, and it would mean a lot

we took it.

Against Helen?

Well, that's the conflict. My gut says
turn it down, but when I say a lot of

money, this guy is prepared to plunk
down a $1 million retainer.

Bobby, is this even a question?

Well, not everything's about money,
Eleanor. This is such a big conflict.

Helen get off. It's not going to cost
her a million dollars.

Bobby, we've had some big trials, but
this is going to be a splash, aside from

the money. Which we need since Lindsay
dumped the drug client. Hey.

I'm just saying.

This is a huge profile thing.

You'll be like Johnny Cochran East.

Who wants to be that?

Did he do it? Says he didn't. Then we
have to take it. We can't let an

man go to jail. We don't even let our
guilty ones go there.

Take it.

Take it.

Take it.

Take it.

Donald and Associates.

Please hold.

Bobby.

Bobby Donald.

Okay.

Any arrest?

Okay, we better meet.

They're searching this house.

Prince. Hairs, fibers.

Preliminary DNA will be done tomorrow.

And some good news.

Tell me.

She scratched a guy.

We found skin under her nails.

DNA on that will tell us if it's Winslow
or not.

What did you learn on the ex -husband?

He works at a restaurant. He got off at
11, so he is a possible.

We can't arrest yet. We need to wait for
the lab.

Alan.

Hey, Mike.

Bobby.

Could I talk to you for a second?

Sure, we're done.

I'll be talking to you.

Bobby. Mike.

I know what that's about. We're getting
close, I think. Could make an arrest.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, Helen.

Do not talk to me about the Marks
murder.

Why? I can't tell you that.

I'm just saying... I could be involved
and we don't need another Isaacoff

What do you mean you could be involved?

That's all I'm saying.

You represent the doctor?

I'm not saying anything except no
talking on this.

Other than that, dinner tonight?

DNA all points to him.

In under her nails?

That takes longer. But I've got an
eyewitness who ID'd his picture. Says

him there that night. Helen, I'm ready
to move.

He won't come in for questioning?

Your boyfriend won't let him.

Then go. Make the arrest.

Right.

All right. Back door. We won't go
through the front.

Okay.

They're coming to arrest.

They'll back door us at the precinct if
we surrender.

This is crazy.

I wasn't there. All right, all right.
Let's just stay as calm as we can.

This is a mistake, Jeffrey.

What? That's what we wear on our face, a
mistake.

It'll get fixed.

I gotta go home.

I gotta tell my wife. I agreed to
surrender you here.

I can't believe this is happening.

Jeffrey.

Jeffrey.

I need to know exactly the last time you
were in that apartment.

That would be last Wednesday.

Call your wife.

Both calls came in around the same time.

Captain, your own records show that the
call from my client's home came six

minutes sooner.

That's around the same time, Counsel.
Your Honor, this is so irrelevant. Which

fire the trucks went to has nothing to
do with tax evasion.

Common law of civil disobedience, that's
a defense.

The cause of my client's outrage is
relevant.

Speed it up.

Why'd you go to the other fire first,
Captain?

It was a judgment call.

Judgment call?

Did it have anything to do with the
other fire being in a more affluent

neighborhood than my client's? That is
ridiculous.

So it was just a coincidence that you
chose to respond to the fire in the

neighborhood, right?

Yes.

Who made the call as to which fire to
respond to?

Me. You.

You ever been in my client's
neighborhood?

Specifically, have you ever walked down
his street?

Once. Anything unusual happen?

I was mugged.

Oh, another coincidence.

By the way, when you got to the other
fire, was there a fire?

No, it was a false alarm.

Gee, what do you know? I object.

So do I.

So do I. Move to strike.

You ready?

Just give us a minute.

Why? He'll be out in a second, Mike.
Bobby, that was the rental car place.

white Bronco should be out back.

Gotcha, didn't I?

You guys always making a game out of it.

I'm going with you. The arraignment is
less than an hour. Hopefully we can get

it done before the press gets wind of
it.

Assuming no leaks.

Scott's on.

We're going to have to put him in
custody.

Okay.

Jeffrey Winslow, you are being arrested
on the charge of first -degree murder.

You have the right to remain silent.

Anything you say can and will be used
against you in a court of law.

You have the right to an attorney.

If you cannot afford an attorney, one
will be appointed to represent you.

You can decide at any time to exercise
these rights by not answering any

questions or making any statements.

Yeah.

Judge wants closing arguments today.

Okay.

Okay.

They arrested him.

Arraignment will be soon.

Wow.

I didn't think I could have been on that
case.

Still, I got you.

You want to see wow?

I'll show you how. All right, all right,
all right.

You gotta go with it, Eugene.

Go with what?

United States of America.

The last thing I'm gonna be able to do
is stand up in front of a jury and

convince them that this man is a
patriot.

He took a pig down to the state's
revenue office, greased it up, and...

Well, finish the thought, wide man.

Go ahead.

What?

What?

You... Case number

92034. Commonwealth versus Jeffrey
Winslow on the charge of murder in the

degree.

Let's try not to have too much fun.
Bobby Donald for the defendant, Your

Wave rating. The defendant enters a plea
of not guilty.

The Commonwealth would oppose bail. Dr.
Winslow is an established surgeon with

strong roots in the community. First
-degree murder.

Built on very circumstantial evidence.

One million bond.

Five hundred thousand cash.

Trial date to be set.

Back into custody until he posts.

Adjourned.

Wow, ball. Go on to the wife. Oh, it
already starts. Come on. saying she's

suspect? Oh, I'm sure during your
closing you'll be the one saying she's

suspect. Really?

Bobby, this doesn't have to affect you
and me.

It's a trial.

But the only way it's not going to
affect us is to admit right now and be

about it.

In this room, we're enemies.

Eleanor will be focusing on forensics.
I'm going to be working with the jury

consultants. I'll also be doing most of
the pre -trial motioning.

Okay. Jimmy Berluti and Eugene Young
will be supervising our private

investigators.

Toward that end, you've got to start
racking your brain.

Think of anybody else who might have had
bad feelings for Cindy Marks.

Did you check the ex?

We will be.

Police think they can rule him out, but
we'll be checking.

Tomorrow I'm going to need to speak to
your wife.

Why?

Because I need to be sure that she's
completely on board.

Oh, she will be.

Dr. Winslow.

I need to talk to your wife.

My office wants me to stay on. I'm not
asking you to withdraw.

I mean, if we weren't talking about this
type of money, I'd stay clear.

But to the others... I understand.

Helen, nothing could be tougher than the
case we tried against each other

before. That one was personal, and we
survived it.

We can survive this.

This trial's made for the tabloids. The
media will be all over us, all over it.

Okay, so we just file right here, right
now. We leave it in the courtroom.

And when we're together at night, you
know what? It doesn't exist.

Okay.

Okay.

Hello?

Yeah.

Um, Mike, I'm here with Bobby, so let's
talk tomorrow, okay?

But that's great.

Okay.

Bye.

What?

Nothing. What, nothing? That wasn't the
crew. Come on.

At night, the case doesn't exist. We
just made that rule. Well, we'll make

rule after. What?

Well.

Sorry. Oh, no.

No, no, no, no, no.

That's not fair. You have to tell me.

Come on.

Come on.

All right.

All right.

Since I'm required by law to tell you in
the morning, I might as well tell you

now, but you won't like it.

What?

DNA on the skin under her fingernail.

It's an exact genetic match with
Winslow.

We don't know each other too well, but
something you've got to know.

Lie to me, and I am off this case.

Now, you said you weren't there for a
week, but they found your skin under her

fingernails. I can explain it. You can
explain it. The time to explain that was

before they did the tests.

How in God's name did you not think
they'd pin you to this? You're a doctor.

I didn't know she had skin under her
nails. Let's get something straight. I

to know my hand, or I can't advise you
how to play this. All right, all right,

all right.

Settle down.

I did go to her place the day of. We
made love, but I left.

It was the afternoon. I left, and she
certainly was alive.

Why did you tell me you were there? I
was scared. I was afraid to admit that

been there, how it would look. How does
it look now?

You're lying about it.

We made love.

I left. I didn't kill her.

If my skin was under her nails, it had
to come from my back. Sometimes when we

made love, she... Let me see your back.

Now, you work for me, Mr. Donald.

Maybe not for much longer.

Let me see your back.

Expected to hear closing arguments,
Counsel.

I'm sorry, Your Honor. I'd just like to
call Robert Schmidt from the Tax Board.

It'll just take two minutes.

All right.

Mr. Schmidt, you're still under oath.

How do you do today?

Sitting in court, Counselor.

Yeah, our tax dollars at work.

I'd just like to ask you a couple
questions about that pig.

Did my client write the amount of his
tax debt on the pig?

Yes, paid to the order of us, the
amount, and he signed it.

Put it next to his name, one of those
little smiley faces.

And he put all of that on the pick?

Yeah, he even dated it.

Thank you. That's all. No further
questions.

Your Honor, I now move for dismissal.

Excuse me? On what grounds?

On the grounds that my client tendered a
legal check for the amount due.

What? Well, if a sign dated executed as
a check, it doesn't matter that it's

written on a pig instead of a piece of
paper. That hog was legal tender.

My client paid his debt. We never cashed
that pig.

That was your mistake, not his.

Your Honor.

The check was legal, and so was his
argument.

Case dismissed.

We're adjourned.

Mr.

Fuller, I'm James Berluti.

Could we talk?

I already talked to the police.

I know. I just want to be sure I cover
all the bases.

Again, my condolences. Even though you
were divorced, I know sometimes feelings

that... My only pain.

is that I didn't get a chance to see her
face as she was dying.

I would have liked that.

Oh.

Okay. So this wouldn't be one of those
friendly splits, then?

No.

It wouldn't.

I don't know that he didn't do it, Miss
Rutter.

It's not as if I can sit here and claim
I totally know the man, can I?

For the last year, he'd been sleeping
with somebody else. Karen, I understand

you're very upset. I do.

But you have to put your pain aside long
enough to make a decision.

If you are going to support your
husband, and by that I mean help keep

going to prison, then there are certain
things that you have to start doing

today. I know that sounds like a big PR
campaign, but there is a jury pool out

there that is watching and they are
reading.

And it is certainly never too early to
start trying to influence them.

I'll tell you what I told my husband.
I'll see him through this trial.

After that... I don't know.

I don't know.

Contact premieres next Wednesday at 8,
only on FX.

I'll be wanting to meet at the end of
each and every trial day.

As soon as we impanel, we'll be doing
background checks on every juror. I'll

want your analysis there as well.

We got the ex -husband. Seemed wacko.

We got the mother. The mother? Well, the
daughter had some money. The mother

would get it if she dies in test days.
She's also a member of the Prozac Club.

It's a red herring, nothing else.

And we still got the poet.

Nothing to be sure it ain't him.

The result's as expected. Tie these
tissue samples to Dr. Jeffrey Winslow.

on television. His skin under her nail.
The DNA evidence is pretty conclusive.

The good news is we have this guy.

The bad news is the poet is still out
there.

Let's get down there and draft a
protective order. We can write it on the

can't believe she did that.

It was a blatant attempt to contaminate
the jury pool. There's no gag order. A

reporter asked me a question. That is
crap, Helen. She's taking a

case and trying to choke on a
preconception designed to improperly

potential matters. That'll do.

This case is going to be enough of an
event without you two trying to thicken

the plot.

I'll make this simple.

Effective as of right now, no talking to
the media.

That's that.

Anything else?

Yes, Your Honor, we'd like to view the
scene.

It's still a crime scene. The
investigation is still ongoing. Well,

investigation was complete enough for
you to go on television pronouncing...

That's got nothing to do with whether or
not you have a right to go in there,

and you know that. Quiet!

As defense counsel, we have a right to
examine the scene.

Supervised, I'll grant it.

Now, let's go to chambers, just you and
you.

Are you crazy?

It certainly is no secret you two are
sleeping together.

Why in hell would you want to invite the
media to pick you to pieces?

Your Honor, I would love to say that my
firm is financially solvent enough to

decline this, but it's not.

What about you?

I don't want to get off.

Well, I'm not going to force either one
of you off.

What I am going to do is leave you alone
in this office in the hope that one of

you might be occasioned to see straight.

Don't eat all my candy.

She's right.

Of course she's right.

But I'm not getting off.

Why?

Why?

Because to do so, Bobby, would be to
prioritize my personal life over my

professional one, which is okay.

But as soon as you made the decision to
get on this case, you made it pretty

clear where you stand.

Why should I prioritize us when you
don't?

Well, I had other people to think of
when I made that decision.

Yes, I know who you were thinking of and
who you weren't.

So you're angry.

Maybe I am.

You're not driving me off, Helen.

And you're not driving me off.

The only thing that's off, it seems, is
dinner.

That the way you want it?

Yep.

Fine.

You okay?

Maybe you should recuse yourself.

I know you took on this case for the
firm, but you and Helen... I knew the

risks.

Maybe Winslow would stay with the firm
even if you weren't first chairing.

Just distance yourself a little.

Are you really ready to throw somebody
you love away for a case?

Yes.

I got the case because somebody at a
high -rise blue -chip law firm

me as the best.

I've been practicing law in that rat
hole for ten years.

Looking out the window, seeing those
lawyers look down on me.

And now...

One of them came into my office and
said, I'm the best.

I like how I got this case, Lindsay.

I like that I'm going to try it in the
media and that I'm going to get paid a

lot to do it.

And I'm going to win it.