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Previously on "The Rainmaker."

This is Rudy Baylor. He's the best in our class.

Mrs. Black's son was admitted to North City General.

Sadly, he passed.

They killed him.

Stop it, both of you!

I need you to move out.

All men are equal under the law.

Who believes that? You. -Are you okay?

You're bold enough to come late to your first meeting.

Fired?

What were you thinking

arguing with Leo Drummond on your first day?

Called every reputable firm in town ain't nobody's hiring.

How about a not-so-reputable one?

Jocelyn Stone.

Bruiser to my friends.

-I see you met Deck Shifflet. -How you doing?

-Is she on my account? -She's not even a lawyer yet.

Yeah, she's on your account.

You got to be kidding me.

That's the guy we saw at the hospital.

You are Melvin Pritcher, right?

I heard about the fire.

Mama, wake up!

I'm going to get help!

I need a client, you need a lawyer,

and neither of us has much love for Tinley Britt.

What happens when Leo finds out that my boyfriend

is suing his prized client?

So it is about you.

Why can't it be about the both of us?

I never forget a face.

That's too bad.

Hey, Mama.

I'm going to find out...

Who did this to you.

♪ She don't like to see that I'm running around ♪

♪ I've been picking up habits and getting all over town ♪

♪ But I'm moving on, baby ♪

♪ You don't slow me down ♪

♪ But she said I'm going backwards... ♪

Whoops.

♪ Just as fast as I can ♪

Don't get that on my seat.

Told you to get more napkins.

I'm saving the planet.

You're a mess.

You're just jealous

because this Cubano and I

are having a spiritual moment in my mouth.

Which he's ruining with that.

He's going in. Come on.

Bup, bup, bup, bup, bup, bup!

What?

Disguises.

No.

♪ You know I'm getting fed up ♪

♪ Oh, it's getting me down ♪

Take a seat anywhere.

Uh, cataracts.

Oh, yeah. -All right.

Bingo.

Do you like strawberry rhubarb?

I'm Deandre, your pretrial services officer.

You're not what I expected.

You're exactly what I expected.

Current employer.

I got laid off.

By?

North City Hospital.

Occupation.

Nurse.

Home address.

Someone burned my home down.

They killed my mother.

Looks like you did.

No, I did not.

Right, you're innocent.

I...

Am innocent.

Do that again, see how that works for you.

Current established residence.

The Barrow Motel on Willow.

OK.

What can I get for you, gentlemen?

The, uh, the pie looks good.

OK.

"Never say no to pie."

Marcus Aurelius.

No, we'll get two pies.

He's buying.

Boss.

Pritcher told his probie

he was staying at a place called the Barrow.

We followed him to a spot called the Wambaw.

Oh. Did you talk to him?

-I wanted to, but... -Junior here wanted to.

But I said we should float a pass to you first.

Good call.

I'll talk to Nunley.

We've got the motion to dismiss coming up,

and there is no law that says that we can't talk to this guy.

I mean, at the very least, he's a witness.

-To what? -I don't know.

That's why we have to talk to him.

I agree, Boss.

Well, I've known Nunley a long time.

There's a code.

It's called professional courtesy.

Is that what they call it?

What about our other missing nurse?

Jackie Lemancyzk. I just got an address on her.

Good. Go there.

I think Pritcher is

probably... -Go talk to her.

And I'll talk to Nunley.

Is that in any way unclear?

No.

♪ Life was too hard, that was how I felt ♪

♪ Had to learn how to hop back on the Clydesdale ♪

♪ Saddle up and ride out ♪

♪ Never one to back down ♪

♪ Rolling like a cowboy, don't know how to act now ♪

I cannot believe I let you talk me into this.

If we lose him now, we lose him forever.

You know I'm right.

I know. That's what I hate about it.

It's those lawyers from J. Lyman Stone.

How'd they find him?

Hear anything?

Knock again. One more time?

No. Check over here.

Hold on.

What's he doing?

Can't see anything.

The hell's that?

Are you looking at me or are you keeping an eye out?

We had a plan.

Breaking and entering is not part of the plan.

I'm not breaking anything.

That's why I got this thing.

You know that's not what that means.

It's open. -Oh, my God.

Get in here.

No.

Yeah, close the door.

We can't be in here.

Rudy, your client's nurse burned his mother alive.

He lied about his whereabouts to the court.

Aren't you, like, the least bit what-the-hell with this guy?

Of course I am.

If we're caught right now, I'm never going to pass the bar.

Well, that's not so bad.

Look at me.

Look who finally came home.

What does the bear do when he finds Goldilocks in his room?

This should be entertaining.

How disgusting.

You got something?

No, his toiletry kit is just disgusting.

I don't even want to know what that is.

That looks like a baby's elbow.

Can we... can we get out of here, please?

What's this?

776 Magpie Drive.

That's that other nurse's place, Jackie Lemancyzk.

Why would Pritcher have it? -I don't know.

Maybe they're friends?

Whoa!

Holy shit. Did that just happen?

Honey, I need you to...

Who is that?

What are you doing here?

Lawyers?

What are you doing here?

Hey, is everyone OK in there?

Oh, my God, my truck!

Did you see what happened?

No, no, no, no, out back, out back.

We can't explain what we're doing here.

Come on.

Take the car. I'll cross over to Maple.

What about the other two?

We have our assignment.

Hey, come on.

They went south down the alley.

Go around the block and cut 'em off.

Status.

I'm coming down Maple now.

I don't have the subject.

He didn't just disappear.

Hello? Acknowledge.

Acknowledge.

Ethan, are you there?

Ethan, report.

It's OK.

It's OK.

It's OK.

I'm a nurse.

OK...

OK.

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I don't even know what to say.

Yeah, well, it wasn't my idea to break into his room.

Wow.

I don't care.

Listen to me.

Dot Black has a lawyer

not named Rudy Baylor and not named Deck Shifflet.

I represent Dot and you represent me.

That means you don't freelance, not ever.

If I say no, it's no.

Yes, absolutely.

Now, anyone see you two idiots?

Just Pritcher.

Oh, just Pritcher.

He's not going to the police.

Trust me.

Trust you?

At the risk of becoming an accomplice to your crime,

did you find anything in Pritcher's room?

Yes.

Yes.

He had Jackie Lemanczyk's address.

And did you go look for her like I told you to?

We...

did not.

It was a little busy, you know, trying not to die.

OK, stop being a pussy.

You're alive.

Aren't you a little curious

about what the hell's going on here?

And what do you think is going on?

Bruiser, there is a lot going on here, OK?

First of all,

Donny Ray's doctor is a recovering alcoholic.

His nurse is clearly a homicidal maniac.

Donny Ray was a heroin addict.

Recovering.

He was clean. -Right.

And you know this how?

Oh, because his mama told you.

Well, let's dig him up, find out.

I'm going to sleep on that.

But tomorrow morning,

you two are going to talk to this Jackie Lemancyzk.

Yes.

Oh, you are curious.

Bite me.

Come on. You're driving me home.

I have no feeling in my right foot.

Hey.

Hey.

I'm sorry.

Yeah, me too.

Hey, Rudy. What happened?

It's not Hank again?

Hank, no.

Little, uh...

car accident.

I'm fine.

You don't need to drop the case.

OK.

So I was studying for the bar last night.

I was reading over the Rules of Professional Conduct,

and we just need to abide by those and we'll be fine.

Don't you think?

Rule 1,

be guided by honour, integrity, and fair play.

Yeah, we can do that.

Rule 9, don't let the client's ill will

toward an adversary become that of the lawyer.

That one might be hard.

Rudy.

Kidding.

Half kidding.

Rule 3, can't intimidate to gain an unfair advantage.

Oh, you think you can intimidate me?

Other way around.

I intimidate you.

Well, you're the smartest person I know.

Are you trying to get me in bed?

How am I doing?

Solid foundation.

♪ In a motel with a bouquet ♪

♪ In the ice pail ♪

♪ You can tell them I'm doing OK ♪

♪ Doing real well ♪

Hey Siri, send my location to Jane Allen.

Hey Siri, send my location to Jane Allen.

It's very fancy.

It's not very nice.

Doesn't leave us much time together now, does it?

It's my lungs.

They act up from time to time.

When I get stressed.

This is very stressful.

It doesn't have to be.

You're making a mistake.

So...

You weren't following me and...

you didn't burn my house down?

You didn't kill my mother?

No!

I swear to God.

Who are you working for?

The kid lawyer and the other guy?

Yes.

They hired us to follow you.

They're the ones that killed your mother.

I don't believe you.

I-it's true.

You have to believe me.

This is your gun?

Is it a good one?

I don't know.

Yes.

I guess.

Yeah.

I don't know about these things, but...

I will shoot you if I have to.

OK.

So...

who do you work for?

I don't know.

I don't meet the client!

Why?

Why...

Are you following me?

I don't know.

I swear to God!

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Who's in the body bag?

Next door neighbour.

Cops think heart attack.

Guy who tried to kill us has this address in his room.

We show up to find a cadaver?

You wake up in the morning and there's snow on the ground,

you know what that means?

It snowed.

What if we're wrong?

We're doing all this to Donny Ray for nothing?

Thanks.

I'm Rudy. I just moved in.

I know.

I saw you through the window the other day.

That's... I'm sorry about that.

That's... I'm not, like, a weirdo or anything.

Good to know.

Hey, what's your name?

Kelly.

Nice to meet you.

♪ Got my lil' bro on the Dobro ♪

♪ We about to get it, here we go-go ♪

♪ Runnin' 'round the city with my girls, feelin' pretty ♪

♪ In my ripped-up jeans and a bolo ♪

♪ I'm buzzed, hot damn ♪

♪ One more? Yes, ma'am ♪

What? What? What's the matter?

I have to talk to your client.

Yeah, very funny.

I'll never have more leverage than right this second.

You may be the key to my case.

All right, I'll think about it.

Now, can we finish before I lose interest?

I won't let you lose interest.

There's no better way to prep for the bar.

You can thank me later.

Cassettes?

You want to lend me your typewriter too?

Nunley's gonna let us meet with Pritcher.

How did... how did you do that?

Sorry, Voreen wasn't out there.

Rudy Baylor?

Thanks.

What is that scent?

Is that Just Boned by Chanel?

Don't judge.

It's not a good look.

I've got Donny Ray Black's...

uh, whoa...

Donny Ray Black's autopsy results.

And?

Uh, cause of death,

influenza virus exacerbated by 6-MAM, M-A-M.

Ugh.

That doesn't sound good. What's that?

Methadone, meperidine, morphine, and heroin.

All of those?

Any of those.

Then we're screwed.

That was money well spent.

Time to talk to your client.

And say what?

We don't have a case.

Oh, no, no, we do have a case.

Yes, just because they found heroin in his system

doesn't mean that's what killed him.

Right?

Wrong.

Our only strategy now is to settle this thing

before we embarrass ourselves.

And how are we going to do that?

She's your client.

Figure it out.

Out.

Hmm, a little tart.

So am I.

Out with it.

Something's on your mind.

Something I ain't going to like.

We got the autopsy back.

Donny Ray had drugs in his system.

Not possible. My boy was clean.

We can't prove that in court.

Not with what we have.

I knew this was a mistake.

You're just a kid.

I told you I ain't never settling.

That's not why we don't have a case.

It's because a coroner we hired did an autopsy on your son

and concluded he died because he was on drugs.

You'd never believe me.

It doesn't matter what I believe...

Then get out.

You hear me?

I want you to leave.

Go, Rudy. Leave.

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Did you get her to settle?

She won't.

That's not the right answer.

Sorry.

Wrong again.

You can talk to her if you want.

Hmm.

So you're not the man I thought you were.

I'm not a good ambulance chaser, no.

Do you know where the term ambulance chaser came from?

It was used by white-shoe firms in the '20s

to crap on any lawyer that wasn't a member of their club.

When the contingency fee law was enacted,

small firms rose up full of attorneys

who were just like their clients.

The ones on the Statue of Liberty,

The tired, poor, the huddled masses.

Those same people are our clients now.

And if you think you're better than them...

you're not.

You are them.

I know that.

Have you been to Donny Ray's apartment yet?

If we have any chance of a decent settlement...

We don't.

If we have

any chance of a settlement,

we'll need all the ammo we can get.

Now go learn something about our client.

Hey, boo-boo.

Mm?

20 bucks says Mama Dot didn't want to come in here

because she's afraid of what she'd find.

Or because her son is dead.

Got a one-year sobriety coin.

Got that 20 bucks?

Oh, we've only just begun, my friend.

Hey, check it out.

Oh, did he make these?

Takes a pretty steady hand to carve wood like this.

No way these were made by a junkie.

Let's check the bathroom.

This is where the EMTs said they found him.

He was collapsed on the floor.

His head was this way,

pajama pants down around his ankles.

Whoa, Deck.

What?

Oh, that's disgusting.

-Hey, whoa. -What?

Donny Ray took a piss before he collapsed.

I'll get a ladle.

It proves Donny Ray was clean before he got to the hospital.

It doesn't prove anything because it's inadmissible.

Rules of evidence. You have to prove authenticity.

Yeah.

Then there's the fact that

this urine sat for four months in a room-temperature toilet

and it was collected by you.

By me, actually.

A legal representative of a party to the litigation

with a damn soup ladle.

So you can kiss your chain of custody goodbye.

It'll get us laughed out of court.

♪ I was born on the seventh day alone ♪

Jack, why are we wearing the same colour?

We're not.

Mine's burgundy, yours is Merlot.

♪ He said you can run ♪

♪ You can run, but you will find ♪

♪ That you're the seventh born to the seventh son ♪

That her?

Yeah.

Mrs. Black, I'm Jocelyn Stone.

The one with the name on the door.

Actually, that's my father.

He's retired now.

I am so sorry for your loss.

You're in good hands though.

We're just going to drive our argument in there.

I'd rather you do the talking.

Well, I'll be there. Don't worry.

I have full confidence in Rudy.

Well, I don't.

Dot...

Don't.

We stopped by your son's apartment.

And what'd you find?

His sobriety coins.

I'll make it clear he'd been sober for over a year.

And that's all you have?

And we have the doctor who treated Donny Ray.

Yes.

What about the autopsy?

I'm not going to sugarcoat this.

It doesn't make our job easier.

But you believe me, though, that Donny Ray wasn't using.

I believe you, yes.

Then you do the talking.

Can we just...

talk?

Bruiser.

Somehow you stay young while the rest of us are decaying.

Clean living.

And Botox. -Hmm.

Mr. Baylor, I look forward to some more friendly sparring.

He's a good catch for you.

All rise for Judge Kipler.

Your Honour, you should have received

our amended filing this morning.

There was no dispute as to the facts of the case,

so we are now moving for summary judgment.

What?

We haven't seen that, Your Honour.

What's that mean?

Not sure.

Did I miss something?

I don't know.

Plaintiff has offered no evidence

as to the causal relationship

between the hospital's treatment

of Donny Ray Black's death,

which was clearly due to a drug overdose,

so we now move for immediate entry of judgment

in the defendant's favour.

Jocelyn Stone for the plaintiff, Your Honour.

This is absurd.

It's an ambush.

We haven't had time for full discovery.

Tell him my boy was clean.

He had the flu, that's all!

Mrs. Black, you have an attorney now,

and she will speak for you.

Your Honour, you have all the evidence you need.

With all due respect to Mrs. Black,

her son was a lifelong drug user.

Blood tests prove that he was admitted to the emergency room

with influenza, yes,

but also with a fair amount of street drugs in his system.

That is a lie!

Dot.

Ms. Stone, control your client.

Your Honour, blood tests show

only what was in Donny Ray Black's blood

at the time the test was administered,

not that drugs were in his system

before he arrived at the hospital.

Hospitals don't prescribe heroin.

But they do administer morphine.

Both opiates show up exactly the same on a blood test.

What evidence do you have

that the hospital administered morphine?

Well, as Your Honour knows, we...

Where's the genuine dispute of fact here, Ms. Stone?

You have to give me something. -Well...

Your Honour.

If I may?

And who are you?

What do you think you're doing?

Rudy Baylor, Your Honour.

And are you an attorney?

I'm set to take the bar next month.

Pursuant to Rule 401,

I filed a petition with the court to practice

as a law school graduate.

Mr. Drummond, any objections?

Oh, I'm way too curious to object, Your Honour,

but, um, I do reserve the right.

Go ahead then, Mr. Baylor.

Whatever you've got better be good.

Your Honour...

We've got an independent toxicology report

on Mr. Black's urine,

urine produced just prior to his being rushed

to North City General by paramedics.

It shows there were no drugs in his system

when he was admitted.

You know about this?

No, of course not.

I, uh, do have an objection now, Your Honour.

Several, in fact.

How old is this...

specimen?

How was it collected?

How can it be verified to be that of the patient?

Mr. Baylor, what say you?

EMTs found Donny Ray Black on the floor

next to the toilet with his pants around his legs.

I collected the urine with my colleague, Deck Shifflet.

Really?

You want this to be your...

your first moment in court?

Old piss scooped out of a toilet?

Counsel will curb the language.

And direct any objections to the court.

Your Honour, while I admire the young man's gumption,

this is clearly inadmissible.

It's your show now.

Your Honour, this new report

needs to be read alongside Mrs. Black's affidavit

that her son was clean for the last year of his life.

Under Ray v. City of Rock Hill, all reasonable inferences

must be viewed in our favour, leading to one conclusion.

There is a genuine dispute as to how Donny Ray died.

Your Honour?

Defendant's motion for summary judgment is denied.

And Mr. Drummond...

as even a law student can tell you,

if you want to recast your motion,

you don't do it minutes before the hearing.

I'll be damned.

Not bad, kid.

Let me get that for you. Yeah, I got you.

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So what happens now?

Let's find out. Stay here.

Kid's scrappy.

Yeah.

Thanks for not seeing his potential.

Worked out well for us.

Kipler was in a strangely benevolent mood.

Someone must have upped her meds.

But you know this is a frivolous case

and a waste of your time.

I don't think Mrs. Black sees the death of her son

as frivolous.

My client wants to go the distance on this.

So do I.

No, you don't.

This road ends in a loss for you.

And I'll make that road very long and very expensive.

But out of respect for your father,

I'm gonna do you a favour.

I think I can get...

150 out of Keeley, no more.

Out of respect for my father?

How is he?

I owe him a visit.

He'd say you owe him a lot more than that.

Tell him I said hello.

The young man seems to have surprised you, Leo.

He certainly did.

I want to settle this. Now.

Because of that hearing?

They got lucky, that's all.

I don't want them to get lucky twice.

Settle this.

I think I can get her to take 150?

Offer 250. Be done with it.

You think this Baylor kid will get in the way?

Let's ask Ms. Plankmore.

What don't we know about Rudy Baylor?

I'm confused.

She knows him?

Oh, yeah.

Pretty well, actually.

I-I'm not sure what you're asking.

We do oppo research on every lawyer we go up against.

So what can you tell us?

He graduated near the top of our class.

I'm asking for something we don't know.

This is pro ball, Sarah.

You want to play pro ball or not?

I do, absolutely.

Is it going to be a problem for us

that she has a relationship with this young man?

It's up to her.

Rudy can cite case law like nobody I've ever met.

He doesn't tolerate bullies

and he doesn't back down easily.

Is she calling me a bully?

No, no, I...

It's OK. I am a bully.

That all you got?

OK.

You can leave now.

He had a brother.

Name two types of nonmonetary damages.

Um...

pain and suffering and loss of consortium.

That last one, that is a killer.

I know.

Recent experience.

How'd you know I'd be here?

I didn't.

Just came to pick up my last paycheck,

steal some beer.

♪ Would you catch your spotlight? ♪

You OK?

Yeah, fine.

-Sure. -Yeah.

Just nervous for the bar.

You're going to be amazing.

I'm going to grab my check.

-Hey, Rudy? -Yeah.

♪ On fire ♪

You were really great today.

♪ Spark your attention ♪

Thanks.

Honestly...

I'm not sure how I got away with it.

♪ Be strangers ♪

♪ To be lovers ♪

♪ Again ♪

Oh, hi.

Hi.

I just had my first day in court, so celebrating.

I mean, it's not as sad as it looks.

Uh, congratulations.

Hey.

You're home early.

Swapped shifts with Kenny.

Come here.

Um...

I told you to put ice on it.

Yeah, I did. It's fine.

It's a lot better.

You know I love you.

Right?

Yeah.

Mm.

Just let me freshen up?

All sweaty from yoga.

Just a sec. -Mm.

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Mrs. Black, we are all very sorry for your loss.

Accordingly, the Great Benefit Hospital System

is prepared to pay you $250,000

to spare you the pain of a trial.

An apology in here?

There is no apology because the hospital did nothing wrong.

This is a generous offer to a grieving mother.

Nothing more.

My boy is dead because of them.

I don't want your damn money.

I told you.

Satan.

Get her back here.

Dot, wait.

I made Donny Ray a cake on the one-year mark.

One year clean.

Do you know how proud he was?

How proud I was?

I'm all that boy had, and I ain't selling him out.

But you don't care about that, do you?

You just don't understand.

I lost my brother.

I couldn't go into John's room at first either.

Donny Ray was...

making me a jewellery box.

Never got to finish it.

Didn't know about your brother?

Well, I was there.

When he died.

The last thing he said to me was...

"Take care of mom."

Dot...

I didn't know Donny Ray,

but I know that if he was anything like my brother,

he wouldn't care whether or not some asshole apologised to you.

He would want to know you were taken care of.

We can do that for him.

All right, you will find the signature line on page 12.

Here.

Here you go.

Use mine.

You're showing a lot of courage here.

This is tough on any family.

No deal.

That's not your call.

No, it's hers.

You heard him.

No deal.

OK, why don't you take a moment

with your actual attorney?

See you in court, Leo.

Nice job.

She warned us, didn't she?

She told us he doesn't tolerate bullies.

But you, you couldn't keep your mouth shut.

Sorry.

I didn't mean to... -Stop talking!

She shouldn't be here.

Weren't you the one who called her?

Not her.

Her.

Sarah, let me ask you a question.

Right here, right now.

Are you a warrior?

Y-yes, absolutely.

What we do here is a blood sport.

I understand.

Are you going to be loyal to this firm no matter what?

-I am. -Leo?

Then Brad here will be happy to introduce you

to our lead investigator, Jane Allen.

$250,000.

How much would that have made us, Deck?

80K, give or take court fees.

Look, I know you're angry,

but... -You did the right thing.

Are you feeling OK?

Drummond knows something we don't.

Or maybe it's that drunk doctor.

Maybe it's something else.

That was too big of an offer

for someone so certain he has a win.

You sure you're ready for this?

No.

That's the smartest thing you've said yet.

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