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Previously on "The Rainmaker"--

We represent the family of Donny Ray Black.

You shared a room with him, right?

A male nurse injected something into his IV bag.

We're looking at homicide.

That's why Drummond is so eager to make this case disappear.

Hey, Pop, I need to know everything you did for him.

22 years, I did plenty.

What about our other missing nurse?

Jackie, what did you do?

Would you mind giving me a ride?

Melvin Pritcher is a murderer.

He killed Donny Ray Black.

And you and your client know it.

You're going to work your way back.

To what? To Tinley Britt?

What don't we know about Rudy Baylor?

This is pro ball, Sarah.

He had a brother.

Do you require supervision, treating your patients?

OK.

I wonder if the man who bought that suit

would approve of your behavior.

It's my brother's suit.

Can you drop me off here?

You don't want your husband to see me driving you.

If I ever see your face in that window again,

you're a dead man.

I know it sounds crazy.

No one is saying that, Ms., uh, "Le-man-ci-zik."

Lemancyzk, sir.

Oh, apologies.

Lemancyzk.

Got it.

I asked to meet Mr. Keeley.

Well, you know, I am the vice president of quality

assurance, so--

Oh.

I brought a file for you to look at.

File?

But, yes, it's everything I put together.

Has anyone else seen this?

No.

I had told the committee.

And how did they respond?

Not the way I'd hoped.

I see.

You don't have to be nervous.

I'm here to help.

No, it's just this whole thing.

I am scared.

Scared of what?

Him.

Who?

Melvin Pritcher.

Jackie.

It's time to wake up, Jackie.

Jackie.

Jackie!

You weren't kidding.

You really are bartending.

Well, I'm not making any money yet working for

Bruiser, so--

Prince threw me a few shifts.

How much can you make on a day shift?

It'll get busier once the game starts.

Want a beer?

A little early for that.

You have any coffee?

You hate coffee.

Guess you were right about it being an acquired taste.

OK.

Coming up.

How's your mom?

Fine, I guess.

Did, um-- did Hank come back?

No.

She still hasn't told me what happened.

Or maybe she finally took your advice, kicked him out.

Or maybe he just took off in the night without a word,

like Jackie Lemancyzk.

I thought we had an agreement.

Yeah.

We do.

Sorry.

How's, uh-- how's your new place?

We're not hiding her, Rudy.

You don't believe me.

Maybe it's just a coincidence that both of Donny Ray's nurses

were fired and are now missing.

- The hospital was downsizing. - Downsizing.

You know this how?

Leo told you?

The hospital can't compel former staff to just appear.

It's up to you to find them and subpoena them.

That's the way it works. - Oh, is that the way it works?

- Mm-hmm. - Thanks.

I'm sure Leo would love it if we found her.

Well, maybe she's the one who doesn't want to be found.

Have you ever considered that? - Sure.

I guess if I killed a patient, I probably wouldn't

want to be found either.

Oh, so she killed him?

Well, for your information, Jackie Lemancyzk is

a well-liked, well-respected--

Well-liked, and yet downsized her?

when she worked at the hospital for 10 years,

zero complaints for 10 years.

OK, well, why was she fired then?

They even put her on the tissue committee.

The what?

She put on her the what?

What is that, the tissue committee?

Sarah, what is it?

- Never mind. - Hey, whoa.

Come on, stop.

No, this was so much fun.

I'm so glad I stopped by. - Sarah, you can't--

can you please stop?

Sorry.

Thanks, man.

Rudy, listen.

You can't do anything with that information.

You could get me in a lot of trouble.

What's the tissue committee?

Come on. We had a rule.

We're not supposed to talk about the case, right?

A little late for that, don't you think?

No, I'm asking you a personal favor.

Again, what is the tissue committee?

I could get fired.

You know, withholding discovery, that'd

get you more than fired.

So now you're threatening me?

I'm not threatening you.

You're asking me to withhold valuable information

from my boss and my client?

I am asking you to be my boyfriend for a minute

and not a lawyer.

Can you do that?

Can-- can you do something for me for a change?

You don't have to be like Leo, you know?

You're not like him.

And you're not Bruiser.

Or are you?

There she is.

Whew, I thought I killed you.

What did you give me?

Midazolam.

I'm sorry.

I must have misjudged your weight.

You should have woken up hours ago.

Where am I?

I'm gonna make sure I, uh, adjust

the dose for the next time.

OK?

Why are you doing this to me?

You know, I used to be a camper here once, hmm,

like a million years ago.

I would come into this infirmary every other day--

tick bites and knee scrapes and,

basically, anything that would keep me away from sports.

I hated sports.

Are you sporty?

No, I'm not sporty.

I don't see why they can't use these camps year-round.

Because the kids are in school.

Smarty.

Yeah. Yeah.

You were always the smartest nurse on the floor.

You're not going to believe this,

but I actually admired you very much.

Please, Melvin.

Please let me go.

Are you crazy?

Let you go?

You know how hard it was for me to find you,

waiting outside your ex-boyfriend's house?

Look what else I had to do.

Go ahead.

What is this?

Oh, my god.

That-- that's Roberta.

Melvin, what did you do?

I was looking for you.

And she was really nosy.

No.

Don't cry.

Hey, hey.

Look, look, look, look.

See this?

It's an old-school snakebite kit.

They used to make us keep these in our backpacks

when we went on those endless hikes.

Can you imagine making a little kid do that

to himself, tie a tourniquet and make an incision

with a razor blade?

Hmm.

You can suck out the venom with this thing.

Melvin, please, please.

You know what?

Maybe I can use this to suck the truth out of you.

What truth?

What-- what truth?

Who'd you tell about me?

There he is, stalker.

Great.

Hi.

Um, what are you doing here?

I don't know.

I just-- I just wanted to make sure you're OK.

You shouldn't be here.

He was in my apartment the other day.

Cliff was in your apartment?

Did he hurt you?

Threatened me.

I should call the police.

Don't do that.

Why not?

Just don't.

I know we don't know each other very well.

We don't know each other at all.

I know.

I know.

I have to get to work, so--

Does he know where you go at night?

Does he?

Like, what happens when he finds out?

Please don't come here again.

Kelly.

Please don't.

Rudy?

Yeah?

Thanks.

both: ♪ Against the night ♪

I'm right down the hall.

♪ A pane of glass ♪

♪ An empty room ♪

♪ The silver light ♪

♪ On the cotton sheets ♪

♪ An open heart ♪

♪ Calls out to me ♪

- Shh, shh, shh, shh. - What's going on?

Outside. Shh!

What's going on?

Just be quiet.

What do you mean, be quiet?

Do you ever shut your mouth?

It's midnight on a Sunday.

Who's that guy?

That's Butch.

Butch is an electrician?

Butch is a guy we know.

And what's Butch doing up a ladder in the office

in the middle of the night?

- Sweeping for bugs. - Oh.

So he's an exterminator?

Yeah.

He's an exterminator.

Has this got anything to do with the FBI agents

who came by last week?

How do you know about that?

I've got eyes and ears.

Well, close and cover them.

All clear, Deck.

Oh, so you didn't find anything?

No.

You can tell Bruiser there's nothing to worry about.

All right.

Butch, say hello to Rudy.

We're going to need to do this every week or so for a bit.

You know where to find me.

Thank you, Butch.

Every week?

Why do you ask so many questions?

Why are you so secretive?

Another question.

Fine.

Bruiser's father has one month left on his six-year bid

for witness tampering.

Rosalie Sutton.

I Googled.

They never found her.

Now the feds say she's dead.

Murdered?

Well, there's no body, so who knows?

They think Bruiser has something to do with it.

You think they're bugging the office?

She's got nothing to do with it.

How do you know?

Because I know Bruiser, end of discussion.

Now, what are you doing here at midnight on a Sunday?

I need to look through the files for Trent and Brent.

Why?

Can I ask you a question?

Another one?

What if someone told me something about our case

that they didn't mean to tell me?

Well, does it help our case, this thing

your girlfriend blurted out?

I never said that it was her, so--

I'll rephrase.

Is it something we're supposed to know,

but they didn't tell us?

You ever heard of something called the tissue committee?

Nope.

But sounds like I need to put on a little more coffee.

$80 million, that's insane.

Brad told me that your investigator

would get this done.

Well, it turns out they know things they shouldn't.

And whose fault is that?

Listen, this is a complex case

which requires patience, regardless of what

Brad may have promised.

No, look, don't shove this off on him.

I'm paying for you, not Brad Noonan.

Please keep your voice down.

There are other people here that like to work late.

If I settle this case, this black case,

you think the woman, the lawyer, Jocelyn Stone--

Bruiser.

Bruiser, Christ.

You think this Bruiser stops digging?

I do, yes.

What about the law student?

Is he a problem?

Not if you write that check.

No.

Nope, I'm not writing that woman a check for $80 million.

It'll get you out of this.

Me?

No.

You mean us.

You're in this up to your hair plugs, Leo.

Same as me.

Find another way.

My actual hair.

She's here.

Leave me alone.

Your glasses.

Let's go.

Yeah?

What did Butch say? - All clear.

Oh, good.

Hey, did you ever get that autopsy

on Jacqueline Lemancyzk's neighbor?

Roberta Karakas. Yeah, we should have it today.

Bruiser, we have something to tell you.

Yeah?

It's highly confidential, OK?

- We got a tip from Rudy's ex. - Come on, man.

You promised.

We got an anonymous tip.

And she's not my ex.

Well, it sounds like a warm, trusting relationship.

What do you got?

- The tissue committee. - What's that?

Good question.

It's not in any of the discovery files.

And we asked our pal Doc Pete about it.

He said it's a group of doctors

who look into deaths and complications at the hospital.

It's a form of quality control.

And they looked into Donny Ray?

Probably.

But that is not the important part.

That's not the important part?

Jackie Lemancyzk was on the committee.

The nurse?

The only nurse on the committee.

There is a cover-up here.

Cha-ching.

Question is, how high up does it go?

Hmm.

And that's the kind of leap that

sounds great here, but gets torn apart in a courtroom.

Jackie Lemancyzk is in this group of doctors that look

into deaths at the hospital.

Now she goes missing after the death of our client.

Also missing, the only other nurse

seen in Donny Ray's room, Melvin Pritcher.

And who knows where the hell he is?

Well, we may not know where he is,

but we know where he's going to be.

Where?

His judge moved his preliminary hearing--

tomorrow morning.

Rudy, go home. Get some rest.

Be there for it.

Deck, get that autopsy. - Yes.

Is his lawyer going to let me talk to him this time?

Nunley?

It's the whole reason I slept with him.

So he damn well better.

Relax, I needed it.

I'm guessing you do, too.

Excuse me?

Tell it to HR, and get out, both of you.

Do you have an HR department?

Yeah.

You're looking at him.

Do you have a complaint?

That's what I thought. All right.

Divide and conquer.

What now?

I'm a little concerned about burning Sarah with this.

I mean, she didn't even mean to tell me.

She kind of just blurted it out, so--

Rudy, you just took the bar exam, right?

Yeah.

Why?

What did rule 26 say?

Parties may obtain discovery regarding

any matter which is relevant.

Is it relevant?

Yes.

Did she know about it?

Clearly.

Has it occurred to you yet that this Sarah might

not be what you think she is?

Go.

You smell like an old sponge.

God damn it.

Where's the button?

Listen, do not ride me, man.

I don't like when people ride me.

I said I was going to be there, and I will be there.

Yeah, we're supposed to talk for a few minutes

before the hearing. I'm here.

Where the hell are you?

Didn't you say that I should wear a suit?

Yes, but--

Well, that's what I'm trying to do!

Listen, asshole, your hearing starts in 30 minutes.

30?

OK, thank you.

Damn it.

I'll take it.

Pete, you are a prince.

- You got my message? - Yeah, yeah.

Price was a little steep, though.

Well, I had to pay the tech who got it for me.

Does he know who it's for?

I'm not an idiot.

No, of course you're not an idiot.

You're Doc Pete.

Thank you.

Thanks, Doc.

Yeah.

Oh, my god.

Yep.

Rudy, where are you?

Can you hit four for me?

Yeah, just stepped into an elevator, so I might lose you.

All right, listen to me.

I got the autopsy for Roberta Karakas, Jackie's neighbor.

Morphine overdose.

You don't say?

Yes, it was injected into her neck.

You're breaking up.

- Rudy, this guy is a killer. - Deck?

Rudy.

Rudy, hey!

Did you kill my mother?

What?

No.

I was told you did.

But that's crazy.

Yeah.

I'm not-- I'm not even--

I was-- I'm just a law student.

I mean, I-- I was a law student.

Now I'm a--

Lawyer?

Yeah, almost.

Why are you so interested in me?

I told you.

We have a client who's suing the hospital.

What does that have to do with me?

You were working there.

You know, your son died.

I just thought you might know something about it.

That's all.

I believe you.

Come on, let's go.

We're going to be late.

I thought we had an understanding.

You don't say a word to my client without me present.

Yeah, totally.

Hey, you.

Hold on.

Come on.

Stop pushing me.

Bruiser, he's here.

Boo-boo, that was a hell of a text.

You were in the elevator with the guy?

What did he say?

He asked if I killed his mother.

Why would he think that?

Someone told him I did.

Who?

Didn't say.

He said he believed me.

Well, that's good, because the dude's a murderer.

I take it Natalie's not going to let us get him on the record

without a subpoena.

That's a safe bet.

How did the hearing go?

Nunley tried to get the case thrown out.

Prosecutors say they have evidence of arson.

Case goes forward.

You don't believe he killed his mother?

She might be the only one he didn't kill.

Question is, who did?

Not our problem today.

We should go to the cops about Melvin.

Terrible idea.

Why?

What do we say?

Well, for starters, we think he killed Roberta Karakas.

We don't have it yet.

We don't have what?

Evidence.

What do we know exactly?

He tried to kill us at the motel.

We can't say that.

Remember, we were not supposed to be there.

We've got the roommate, Roscoe.

He said that he saw Melvin inject something

into Donny Ray's IV bag.

Hmm.

He was under anesthesia, and Melvin was Donny Ray's nurse.

There were legitimate medicines ordered.

What about Jackie Lemancyzk?

What if he killed her?

No body, and can't prove motive--

yet.

We should at least tell Nunley.

Yeah, and he tells his client, and Melvin disappears.

I'll make it worse.

He kills us.

And there's that.

So what do we do?

You're gonna file a motion to compel discovery

on this tissue committee.

See if Melvin's name pops up.

Is that going to be a problem?

No.

That's it?

That's our plan?

Yes.

And we hope that this lunatic doesn't kill

anybody else in the meantime.

I know.

♪ Gonna let that sunshine shine on me ♪

♪ I'm in my tackle box ♪

♪ Brought my favorite Yeti ♪

♪ I got that moonshine on me ♪

♪ Just take a little sip ♪

Damn it.

♪ And do that Broadway dip ♪

♪ These are the sounds ♪

♪ Of a '85 Chevy ♪

♪ With four 12s in the back ♪

♪ Rolling on them 20s ♪

♪ Strong cologne ♪

What are you doing, Melvin?

Plenty of oxygen. See?

I'm not a monster.

Help!

Someone help me!

No!

I don't wanna have to use any more of this, Jackie.

I need you awake.

We have a lot to talk about.

Now, can you be calm

and quiet until we get there?

Yeah?

I believe you.

Hard at work?

Um, sorry. Uh, I was--

I'm kidding.

Sometimes staring out the window

is the best way to solve a problem.

So what's the problem?

The problem?

The one you were trying to solve.

Oh, it's, uh--

it's nothing.

How's Rudy's mom?

Fine, I guess.

He finally told her?

Mm-hmm.

It can't be easy.

She thought her son had hit the big time.

Then she finds out not only he got fired,

but he was lying to her as well.

If that would have been my mother,

she would have whipped my ass.

So I've been working on those questions for the depots.

I should have something for you to look

at by the end of the day. - Sounds good.

Mm-hmm.

Look, Sarah, I know you and I haven't exactly

gelled quite yet, but Leo wants me to kind

of mentor you, help you along.

He really believes in you.

That's nice.

Tell him I said thank you.

So are there any questions I can answer?

No. No, not right now.

Come on.

There's gotta be something on your mind.

When I started, I was full of questions.

OK.

Um, that woman, Jane Allen, what

does she do for us exactly?

As Leo said, she's a private investigator.

What does she investigate?

She digs up background information

on witnesses, plaintiffs.

Opposing counsel.

Of course.

Gotta know who we're up against, right?

Right.

Look, just know I'm here to help, OK?

Thanks.

I, uh, appreciate it.

Let's go.

Freezing out here.

Ugh.

Oh, jeez.

- Please, Melvin. - Ugh.

- Melvin. - It's cold.

Please, I didn't tell anyone about you because I

don't know anything about you.

You're lying.

You asked me that night if I killed the boy.

Well, I shouldn't have asked you that.

I'm sorry.

I--

Whom did you tell your suspicions to?

You were grilling me that night.

What was in the IV?

Next couple of days, I'm fired.

You disappear.

You think, uh, that I don't know that one thing

has to do with the other?

I'm not stupid, Jackie. - Yeah, I'm sorry.

I'm smart.

Oh, god.

Just tell me who you told.

Listen.

Stop.

Somebody tried to kill me, OK?

Please, Melvin.

And they got my mother instead.

Stop.

Tell me who knows.

I'm not gonna ask you again.

The committee.

The committee?

The tissue committee.

You're on the tissue committee?

Yes.

Well, I was.

How many people are on the committee?

Uh, 11, plus me.

And what did you tell these 11 people?

It doesn't matter, Melvin,

because they didn't agree with me.

That's why you got fired, right?

Apparently.

Why'd you run away?

Because your house burnt down, and--

and I got scared.

Oh!

What?

What? OK.

Please!

Please, Melvin, please!

I have a file!

I have the file.

Shh, shh.

Jackie!

Jackie!

Jackie!

Jackie!

Jackie!

Oh!

Oh! Oh!

Jackie!

Not nice!

Not nice, Jackie.

Not nice.

Let's go.

Not nice, Jackie.

Boo-boo, wanna go grab a bite?

No, thanks.

I think I'm gonna head home.

Rudy, she's gonna be fine.

This is the game.

She's a big girl.

She told me something by accident, and I used it.

What does that make me?

That makes you a lawyer with a client.

Sarah's never gonna talk to me again.

You know that?

So--

This is why I don't have a girlfriend.

Oh, this is why?

Yeah, all the thinking involved.

Then you got the birthdays and the holidays

and the Mother's Days.

Is your imaginary girlfriend pregnant?

It could happen.

I sold my sperm once, more than once, because I

happen to be virile AF.

Ew.

I was a strong swimmer in college,

and so are my little duckies.

Come on.

We go home,

take it easy, don't think about it,

and we'll come back tomorrow, and we'll hit it hard.

Rudy, you did the right thing.

All right. I love you, boo-boo.

I'll see you tomorrow.

Motion to compel discovery on all documents

related to the hospital's quality control and

accountability committee, otherwise

known as the tissue committee.

How did this happen?

I don't know, Leo.

You think I had something to do with this?

How else would they know?

Well, I would assume that every hospital

has a committee like this. - Oh, you would assume?

Are you a doctor? - No, I just--

I-- I wouldn't jump-- - What about you?

Do you have anything to add to this conversation?

I haven't heard a denial yet.

Excellent point.

Then let me be clear.

I didn't say anything.

Find the witness credible?

I'm not a witness.

No, right now, you're a defendant.

Leo, I can file a motion for a protective order.

On what grounds?

Work product, patient confidentiality, HIPAA.

No.

Brad, I want you to take care of this.

You understand that? - I'll get right on it.

Wait, stop.

Look, Leo, I-- I had nothing to do with this.

I swear, Rudy and I, we don't talk about the case, not ever.

I-- I did not tell him.

Then it would seem you have a job to do.

What's that?

Find out who did.

Sarah.

I thought you said you wanted to mentor me, right?

OK, so what am I supposed to do?

Start by calming down.

Well, you know, not for nothing,

but we're not actually supposed to be hiding

things from the other side.

Can you just keep your voice down?

We're not hiding anything.

The tissue committee is private by its very nature.

They meet in secret, and their decisions are not

generally subject to scrutiny.

There are reasons for that, which you just cited--

Mm-hmm.

HIPAA, patient confidentiality.

We don't just give that up without a court order.

Yeah, but if they have relevant information--

Relevant to whom?

The plaintiff.

You don't work for the plaintiff in this case.

But if they have relevant information--

We don't do their job for them, Sarah.

If they want documents, they file, which they just did.

Now it's our job to suppress it.

Well, according to Leo, that's your job.

It's our job.

Find me some case law.

I can get you back on Leo's good side.

What is in those files that's so damaging?

Who said it was damaging?

That was pretty implicit in there.

Leo doesn't like to give up ground if he doesn't have to.

On my desk in two hours, OK?

And Sarah--

Yes.

be careful with Rudy.

He may be your boyfriend, but right now,

he's not your friend.

Please leave your message.

Where the hell are you?

Call me.

We have a new problem.

Oh, shit! Quick!

Get the gurney!

I need help here.

Get her to the ER.

Can we talk?

What's there to talk about?

Sarah, I'm sorry.

What are you sorry for?

I'm sorry if you got hurt.

- If I got hurt? - Yeah.

Rudy, I messed up.

You took advantage of it.

How could I be anything but hurt?

You messed up by telling me, or you messed

up by keeping it from me?

I didn't keep anything from you.

No?

I'm just a junior associate.

I don't make these decisions.

Yeah, but you knew it was wrong.

I don't know enough to know whether it was right or wrong.

I'm just learning.

Come on.

You've been out of law school for five minutes.

Same as me.

We don't know anything.

You don't believe that.

It doesn't matter what I believe.

We filed for a protective order today,

so the judge will decide.

You're going to hide behind the judge?

But you know, you know you were supposed to hand

over all relevant documents.

Yeah, the key word there, Rudy, is "relevant."

So when a committee meeting in secret

to determine why a patient, my client, is dead,

you don't think that's relevant?

All that confidence.

Hmm.

Flip side of your worst quality, right?

And what's my worst quality this time?

Arrogance.

Go home, Rudy.

You should have settled when you had the chance.

Why?

Because you're gonna lose.

don't know how you can't see that.

You can let yourself out.

♪ Headlights staring down the road ahead ♪

♪ You're silent beside ♪

Oh, that's my bus.

I'll see you later.

♪ Last night I couldn't help ♪

♪ The things I said ♪

♪ You kept your distance ♪

♪ Painting on another mask ♪

♪ Hard times ♪

Hi.

Hey.

Listen, I'm sorry about the other night.

It's fine.

It was nice of you.

OK. Well, anyway--

I should go.

He'll be home soon.

If you ever wanna, you know, talk or anything, you know?

Good night.

Good night.

♪ Where can we go from here? ♪

♪ Where can ♪

Cliff?

♪ We go ♪

♪ We keep trying to get back ♪

♪ To Idaho ♪

♪ To Idaho ♪