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[laughs]
Uh, Joe-Joey was kidding.

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He's got a unique
sense of humor.

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"Unique" is charitable.

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"Distorted" would be
more precise.

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Doctors- always so quick
with the diagnosis.

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As if you aren't
quick to throw shade.

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You mock my profession,
but don't let me dare mention

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the rumors about
your side businesses.

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You know, the ones
that don't quite

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make it onto your tax return.

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Oh, you want to go rumor
for rumor? All right, fine.

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How about you, sliding into
your best friend's

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ex-wife's bed before
the ink is dry on the divorce?

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-How dare you?
-Oh, spare me

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the outrage, Nicole.

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We all have our skeletons.
I just don't dress them up

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in my Sunday best and parade
them around like saints.

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Your father built an empire by
greasing palms and making deals.

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And you sit there
and look down on me?

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You're just another Dupree.

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Baptized in the same
self-righteous water.

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-Are you finished?
-Yes, he is.

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Good.
Because I appreciate the candor.

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-You do?
-Of course.

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It's always so much easier
when people show you

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who they are up front.

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Vanessa, I love you.

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But I won't do this.

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Tab's on you.

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Oh, look who finally decided
to show his face.

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Hey there.

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How was Baltimore?

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I hope the client appreciated
you making the drive.

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I didn't go.

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No. Really?

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Chelsea already
clocked you here in town.

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Truth is, Baltimore was a cover.

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I had a job interview.

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Oh. Wow.

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I mean, I-I knew things between
you and Bill were tense,

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but I didn't realize
we'd escalated

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to "update
the LinkedIn profile."

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Well, keeping my options open
is smart business.

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Yeah.

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The lying
to your girlfriend isn't.

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You care to explain?

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? ?

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Dani.

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Your voicemail
was peak Hamilton.

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Ah. Stately and commanding.

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Cryptic and full of yourself.
And I quote.

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"We need to talk
about the future."

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So I figured if you'd finally
come to your senses

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and decided to dump
that leech you married,

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I wanted to hear it in person.

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Hmm, yeah, so you can be my
shoulder to cry on?

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Forget that.
I'm ready to laugh and point.

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I must deflate that fantasy.

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No. Hayley and I
are still going strong.

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In fact, I find myself even
more protective of her.

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Mm. Darn.

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Considering you're the one
who needs protection

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from that succubus.

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She would swindle the cufflinks
off your wrist

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and convince you
it was just for polish.

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Look, I'm trying to take care
of the women in my life, Dani.

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That's why I called.

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And what's that?

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My will.

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These were for a party of four.

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Must have just left.

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Wait, w-wait.

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Not so fast.

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These already paid for?

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On their tab.

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Oh.
Set 'em down.

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Go ahead.

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Oh, I love
a complimentary happy hour.

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Thank you.

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Based on that 911 text,
I was expecting tears,

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not table service.

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You, uh, you all right?

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Just drinking my pain away.
Doctor's orders.

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Who's the doctor- Macy?

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Your boss.

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He summoned me to his casino

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and advised that the walls
are closing in on me.

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Say what?

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Bill asked Joey
to dig into Lynette.

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Okay, we can handle that.

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Then Joey looked me
dead in my face

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and say he know
the mugging never happened.

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That you, me and her
have been working together.

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Knows or thinks he knows?

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Randy, he called it. Okay?

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And if Joey has
already figured us out,

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Bill won't be too far behind.

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Okay, chill out.

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Panicking will not
find us a way out of this.

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No, but a lethal dose
of poison will.

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We need to kill Bill already,

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cash in his life insurance
and get the hell out

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before he can ruin us.

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This is what
I dragged myself here for?

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This is important, Dani.
What's the problem?

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After the scare we had
with Mother,

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I don't want to think
about anyone dying.

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Not you, not today, not ever.

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BILL:
This concerns the girls.

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Wills are not about death.

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They're about
protecting the living.

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That's why I'm

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making some additions
to their inheritances.

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And does this have anything
to do with you waking up

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and realizing a baby with Hayley
is a bad investment?

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This is about legacy, Dani.

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-Yours.
-Yours, ours, mine.

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Wh-What does it matter?

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I want what I've built
to mean something

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beyond accolades and dollar
signs on a ledger, you know?

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So I'm bequeathing Naomi
my equity stake in the firm.

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-You can do that?
-Mm-hmm.

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Provided the beneficiary
is an attorney.

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But Naomi's been adamant
that she doesn't want

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-to practice law the way you do.
-Yeah, I know.

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And I'll honor
her bleeding heart.

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God knows the world
needs more idealists.

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She's wasting her talent.

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And I'm hoping that this,
you know, forces her hand

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so she can see what she could
accomplish if she just played

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in the major leagues
where she belongs.

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If Bill is already running
his mouth to other people,

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then the last thing we need

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is to prove him right
by catching a case.

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That man drops dead
from mysterious anything,

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you are suspect number one.

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So, wait, I'm supposed
to just sit pretty and smile

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while they sharpen knives
behind my back?

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Naomi already came at me

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trying to blackmail me
with that whole

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fake sonogram mess.

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And what'd you do?

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I got her off my back
like I always do, but...

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her fangs are starting to show.

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And I'm just ready
to be done with this.

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I feel you.

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But we have to start
thinking smart, not emotional.

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But if we can't take Bill
off the board, then what?

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I'm not waiting around
for him and Joey

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to connect the dots, Randy.

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Then we don't wait, we work.

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I'll undermine Bill's claim
and make sure

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Joy understands
Lynette operated alone.

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I don't know, man.

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Subtleties'll never
be your strong suit.

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Don't try to play me.

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I know how to handle my boss.

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Oh, how I wish you'd
been the one at dinner tonight.

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Come again?

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You certainly couldn't have
been worse company.

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Well, I hope it improves
from here.

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Oh.

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Go ahead.

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Say "I told you so."

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Oh, I've had better nights.

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But, hey,
the martinis were perfect.

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You really want to reduce this
to a cocktail review

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after what just happened?

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What do you
want me to say, Vanessa?

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I want you to give a damn.

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You are treating
this relationship

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just like everybody else.

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Like it is
some temporary insanity.

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Like I will wake up one day
and realize it was a mistake.

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Well, I am sick and tired

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of everyone in my life
trying to shame me

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out of the one thing
that makes me feel alive.

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I have to apologize
for dragging you to that circus.

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Please.

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Being called a lowlife
by a reputed criminal-

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that's one for the memoir.

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I braced for awkward,

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but I didn't think that
Joey was going to go

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full-blown nuclear on us

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before the appetizers
even hit the table.

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That man declared war
the second we sat down.

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And you saved us both
by ending it.

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Another five minutes,

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you'd have found out how skilled
a surgeon's hands can be.

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And Vanessa.
God, she just sat there.

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Not a word in defense for us.

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Just there with Joey
by her side, like a trophy.

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Like he's the prize that she has
been waiting for her whole life.

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Sometimes your friends
are with people that you hate.

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Sometimes they're
with people that you love.

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There's nothing much
you can do about that.

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How can you be
just so blas� about this?

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Joey is not just rude,
he is dangerous.

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I realize this,
especially after I caught

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something tonight that rattled
me way more than his digs.

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The way that he looked at you

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when he said something
about buried bodies.

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Does Joey know something
about your family?

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Joey wasn't just
picking a fight with you.

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He was attempting to bait me.

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I have heard jokes
about political families

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knowing where the bodies
are buried my whole life.

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He was definitely
on the defensive tonight,

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like a cornered animal
lashing out

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at anything that moves.

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And that is what terrifies me.

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Vanessa is walking into
something dark and twisted

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and she has no idea.

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She thinks she's in love.

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Meanwhile, she is knee-deep
in quicksand.

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I have half a mind to just
stage an upscale intervention.

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00:10:04,724 --> 00:10:07,275
Uh, Nicole, do not.

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She's a grown woman
capable of her own

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self-destructive decisions.

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You can't save someone
who doesn't want to be saved.

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I have told myself that
for months.

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That if she is happy
I should just respect it.

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But after tonight, after
sitting across from that man,

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feeling the chill in my bones,

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I-I can't pretend anymore.

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Vanessa is speeding
towards a cliff,

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and if I just
let her drive over it,

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what kind of a friend
does that make me?

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I'm sorry.

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I'm sorry for being insensitive

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and for your friends
walking out.

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Tonight mattered to you.

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And that's the only reason
I agreed to do it.

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Might have gone better
if, for once,

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your opinion stayed holstered.

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Carlton didn't ask
for your op-ed

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on cosmetic surgery, and

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Nicole certainly
didn't need your dissertation

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on the Duprees.

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I'm not built
for biting my tongue.

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Vanessa, I don't
do performance dinners.

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And I'm not looking
for anyone's approval.

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Well, I am.

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You may like prowling
through life like a lone wolf,

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but my friendships matter.

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More than that,
I won't let what we have

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torch my relationship
with my children.

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It's only natural that
they need more time.

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For them to see you with
somebody other than their father

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was never gonna go great.

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We both know
it's bigger than that.

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They don't just
see you as not Doug.

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They see your reputation.

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It's all they see,
all anybody sees.

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[weak chuckle]

256
00:11:50,586 --> 00:11:53,827
I really believed that
if Nicole sat across from you,

257
00:11:53,931 --> 00:11:56,793
she'd see what I see,
maybe even understand.

258
00:11:56,896 --> 00:11:58,517
But...

259
00:11:58,620 --> 00:12:00,034
if the so-called grown-ups

260
00:12:00,137 --> 00:12:03,275
can't get through one dinner
without detonating...

261
00:12:04,931 --> 00:12:06,793
...how can I expect
my children to?

262
00:12:06,794 --> 00:12:10,688
You hand Naomi the key
and she will burn down

263
00:12:10,689 --> 00:12:13,102
your castle by turning it into
a legal aid clinic.

264
00:12:13,103 --> 00:12:14,379
You know that, right?

265
00:12:14,482 --> 00:12:16,551
Then so be it.
At least the Hamilton name

266
00:12:16,655 --> 00:12:18,095
will still hang over the door.

267
00:12:18,103 --> 00:12:19,543
She is a Hamilton-Hawthorne.

268
00:12:19,586 --> 00:12:22,586
In name, but

269
00:12:22,689 --> 00:12:23,862
in soul and spirit...

270
00:12:23,965 --> 00:12:25,482
She's a Dupree.

271
00:12:25,586 --> 00:12:28,551
I didn't know birthright
meant this much to you.

272
00:12:28,655 --> 00:12:31,517
Well, it didn't.
Not until recently.

273
00:12:31,518 --> 00:12:34,171
You know, over the years,
I've asked myself, you know,

274
00:12:34,172 --> 00:12:36,516
who has the killer instinct
and the intellect

275
00:12:36,517 --> 00:12:38,585
and the audacity
to step inside this office

276
00:12:38,586 --> 00:12:39,619
and make it their own?

277
00:12:39,620 --> 00:12:41,724
Whatever happened to Pauline?

278
00:12:41,725 --> 00:12:44,136
You used to hype her up
like she was the second coming.

279
00:12:44,137 --> 00:12:46,619
Yeah. And yeah, she's
a brilliant attorney, you know,

280
00:12:46,620 --> 00:12:49,827
and hungry.
And Tomas- he's promising too.

281
00:12:49,828 --> 00:12:51,654
That's why I've invested
so much time and energy

282
00:12:51,655 --> 00:12:52,862
in shaping his career.

283
00:12:52,863 --> 00:12:54,999
But now I'm starting
to have serious concerns

284
00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:56,620
about his judgement.

285
00:12:56,621 --> 00:12:58,102
Which forces me
to realize something

286
00:12:58,103 --> 00:12:59,585
that I should have known
from the start.

287
00:12:59,586 --> 00:13:02,000
That blowing up your life
for a bimbo in a bikini

288
00:13:02,103 --> 00:13:04,172
wasn't the smartest
strategic move?

289
00:13:06,034 --> 00:13:08,586
That strangers
don't carry legacy.

290
00:13:08,689 --> 00:13:10,000
Only family does.

291
00:13:10,001 --> 00:13:13,585
I didn't tell you about
the interview because I didn't

292
00:13:13,586 --> 00:13:16,310
want you forced to
keep a secret from your uncle.

293
00:13:16,413 --> 00:13:18,103
Former uncle.

294
00:13:18,206 --> 00:13:21,206
Still, it's my mess
to manage, not yours.

295
00:13:21,310 --> 00:13:22,965
That's where you're wrong.

296
00:13:23,068 --> 00:13:25,551
While you were
busy chasing new horizons,

297
00:13:25,655 --> 00:13:29,137
I was reading Bill
for absolute filth.

298
00:13:29,241 --> 00:13:30,379
About what?

299
00:13:30,482 --> 00:13:33,586
The lousy way he's been
treating you, Obviously.

300
00:13:33,587 --> 00:13:35,516
I told him, straight up, you did
not harass

301
00:13:35,517 --> 00:13:37,172
that sketchy Lynette woman

302
00:13:37,275 --> 00:13:39,758
and he's an idiot
for believing Hayley's lies.

303
00:13:39,862 --> 00:13:41,448
And since I had the floor,

304
00:13:41,551 --> 00:13:43,896
I also told him how tacky he was

305
00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:47,551
leaving Aunt Dani for
that gold digger in stilettos.

306
00:13:47,655 --> 00:13:49,827
Yes, it's old news,

307
00:13:49,931 --> 00:13:51,681
but now that she's coming
for you,

308
00:13:51,758 --> 00:13:53,198
I wasn't gonna let that slide.

309
00:13:53,275 --> 00:13:55,551
Kat,
mi amor.

310
00:13:55,655 --> 00:13:57,655
I appreciate you
standing up for me.

311
00:13:58,793 --> 00:14:02,000
But what you actually did
was make it worse.

312
00:14:08,724 --> 00:14:11,103
I don't understand
why you're mad.

313
00:14:11,206 --> 00:14:13,551
-Seriously, Kat?
-I defended you.

314
00:14:13,655 --> 00:14:16,344
That's what people do
when they love someone,

315
00:14:16,448 --> 00:14:18,241
especially to cretins like

316
00:14:18,344 --> 00:14:21,241
Bill "Mr. Lies and Alibis"
Hamilton.

317
00:14:21,344 --> 00:14:23,068
No, that's what people do

318
00:14:23,069 --> 00:14:24,688
when they don't trust
the other person

319
00:14:24,689 --> 00:14:25,896
to stand on their own.

320
00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:28,448
You think I need you
to swing at Bill for me?

321
00:14:28,551 --> 00:14:30,931
I was setting him straight.
Big difference.

322
00:14:31,034 --> 00:14:33,172
To you, maybe.
But to others,

323
00:14:33,275 --> 00:14:36,310
it makes me look like
I can't handle my own fights.

324
00:14:36,311 --> 00:14:38,723
Like I need my girlfriend
to step in and rescue me

325
00:14:38,724 --> 00:14:40,620
from my big, bad boss.

326
00:14:42,379 --> 00:14:44,827
That wasn't my intention.

327
00:14:45,862 --> 00:14:47,172
I know.

328
00:14:47,275 --> 00:14:49,620
Look, let's

329
00:14:49,724 --> 00:14:51,931
just focus on the bright side.

330
00:14:52,034 --> 00:14:54,931
My interview went way better
than I expected.

331
00:14:55,034 --> 00:14:57,551
Well, that's a praise report.

332
00:14:57,655 --> 00:15:00,482
It's a smaller firm,
not as prestigious,

333
00:15:00,586 --> 00:15:03,206
but they're offering me
a full partnership.

334
00:15:03,310 --> 00:15:06,482
Wow.
Okay, next steps?

335
00:15:06,586 --> 00:15:08,965
HR drafting the offer letter.

336
00:15:09,068 --> 00:15:12,482
I don't want to jinx it,
but I'm cautiously optimistic.

337
00:15:12,586 --> 00:15:15,931
Baby, that's amazing.

338
00:15:16,034 --> 00:15:19,862
No Bill, no Hayley,
no toxic workplace drama.

339
00:15:19,965 --> 00:15:21,379
This sounds perfect.

340
00:15:21,482 --> 00:15:24,724
The only catch
is I'll be strapped for cash

341
00:15:24,827 --> 00:15:27,241
for a little while,
so no vacations

342
00:15:27,344 --> 00:15:29,620
or extravagant gifts
in the near future.

343
00:15:30,655 --> 00:15:34,241
But if you're a full partner,
shouldn't you be making more?

344
00:15:34,344 --> 00:15:36,310
I will, in the long run.

345
00:15:36,413 --> 00:15:38,758
But full partners
have to buy in.

346
00:15:38,862 --> 00:15:41,517
It's a huge chunk of cash
upfront in exchange

347
00:15:41,620 --> 00:15:43,610
for a percentage
of the firm's profits.

348
00:15:43,689 --> 00:15:46,379
And since I've been
sending money back home,

349
00:15:46,482 --> 00:15:48,413
savings are tight.

350
00:15:48,414 --> 00:15:50,343
I'll have to take a loan out
to make it work.

351
00:15:50,344 --> 00:15:51,862
Hmm.

352
00:15:51,965 --> 00:15:53,689
Or you can

353
00:15:53,793 --> 00:15:57,965
let the private bank
of Kat Richardson handle it.

354
00:15:58,068 --> 00:16:02,793
Did you not listen
to a thing I just said?

355
00:16:02,896 --> 00:16:04,896
You know, I figured
we'd squeeze in

356
00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:06,758
a few more girls nights

357
00:16:06,862 --> 00:16:09,551
before you run off
chasing your next mark.

358
00:16:09,552 --> 00:16:11,309
Oh, you trying
to get rid of me now?

359
00:16:11,310 --> 00:16:14,965
No, I'm just
calling it how I see it.

360
00:16:15,068 --> 00:16:17,827
Randy's sweet, sure, but

361
00:16:17,931 --> 00:16:20,068
he's not built
for your Cartier taste.

362
00:16:20,172 --> 00:16:22,448
Sooner or later,
you'll be back out there

363
00:16:22,551 --> 00:16:23,862
hunting your next whale.

364
00:16:23,965 --> 00:16:25,965
Well...

365
00:16:26,068 --> 00:16:28,620
it's gonna be really hard
to top Bill.

366
00:16:28,724 --> 00:16:30,103
Yeah.

367
00:16:30,206 --> 00:16:33,413
I mean, you have better odds
winning the lottery

368
00:16:33,517 --> 00:16:36,758
than ever finding
another man as brilliant,

369
00:16:36,862 --> 00:16:40,965
loving and fun as my husband.

370
00:16:41,068 --> 00:16:45,655
But maybe even a rich,

371
00:16:45,758 --> 00:16:48,413
-big Texas oil man.
-Texas?

372
00:16:48,517 --> 00:16:49,724
-Mm-hmm.
-Girl, no.

373
00:16:49,827 --> 00:16:53,000
The DMV is swarming with sharks.

374
00:16:53,103 --> 00:16:55,448
You just have to know
where to swim.

375
00:16:57,655 --> 00:16:58,705
JOEY:
You know,

376
00:16:58,793 --> 00:17:00,758
I wish I had
some clever magic trick

377
00:17:00,862 --> 00:17:04,172
to win your children over,
but I don't.

378
00:17:04,275 --> 00:17:06,931
I can't control
how people see me.

379
00:17:07,034 --> 00:17:09,551
And I stopped trying
a long time ago.

380
00:17:09,655 --> 00:17:12,931
Well, there are things
you could do.

381
00:17:13,034 --> 00:17:15,241
Smile more, perhaps.

382
00:17:15,344 --> 00:17:16,793
Talk less.

383
00:17:16,896 --> 00:17:19,482
I think you've seen
Hamilton one too many times.

384
00:17:20,517 --> 00:17:23,758
Make yourself more approachable
is what I'm getting at.

385
00:17:23,862 --> 00:17:26,241
Play up at the clinic donation.

386
00:17:26,242 --> 00:17:28,930
Or how you took a chance
on Izaiah

387
00:17:28,931 --> 00:17:31,586
when no one else would.

388
00:17:31,689 --> 00:17:34,758
Show them there's more to you
than the rumors.

389
00:17:34,862 --> 00:17:37,379
Vanessa...

390
00:17:37,482 --> 00:17:39,931
I would do
damn near anything for you,

391
00:17:40,034 --> 00:17:43,206
but I will not put on a show
just to make people comfortable.

392
00:17:44,241 --> 00:17:47,000
People can love me
or they can hate me,

393
00:17:47,103 --> 00:17:50,206
but I have to do
what feels right in the moment.

394
00:17:54,206 --> 00:17:56,448
And this feels right.

395
00:17:56,551 --> 00:17:58,206
That confidence.

396
00:17:59,655 --> 00:18:02,206
It's what pulled me in.
I...

397
00:18:02,310 --> 00:18:05,517
I love how you move through
the world like it's yours.

398
00:18:06,724 --> 00:18:08,068
I just wish Deanna

399
00:18:08,172 --> 00:18:10,689
could see the other
parts of you that I do.

400
00:18:12,379 --> 00:18:15,172
The man who listens to me
ramble about my day.

401
00:18:16,448 --> 00:18:18,448
Who remembers
how I like my coffee.

402
00:18:20,379 --> 00:18:22,241
Who holds me when I can't sleep.

403
00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:26,517
Listen.

404
00:18:27,724 --> 00:18:29,620
If you need us
to be less public

405
00:18:29,724 --> 00:18:31,793
or even take a step back,
I get it.

406
00:18:31,896 --> 00:18:34,344
-No, Joey, no.
-Then we have to face facts.

407
00:18:34,448 --> 00:18:37,724
Some people will only see me
as the villain.

408
00:18:38,931 --> 00:18:40,861
And there's nothing
we can do about it.

409
00:18:41,689 --> 00:18:44,620
Vanessa has always
flirted with the wild side,

410
00:18:44,724 --> 00:18:47,379
but now she is diving in
headfirst.

411
00:18:47,482 --> 00:18:50,379
She is raw and vulnerable,
and Joey-

412
00:18:50,482 --> 00:18:54,275
Joey is just swooping in
like a vulture.

413
00:18:54,379 --> 00:18:57,793
Because of him, she has already
lost her daughter.

414
00:18:57,896 --> 00:19:01,379
And I am terrified as to
how much more she will lose

415
00:19:01,482 --> 00:19:02,532
if this goes on.

416
00:19:02,551 --> 00:19:04,206
Now, you know better than most

417
00:19:04,207 --> 00:19:06,999
that nobody changes until
they admit they have a problem.

418
00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:10,137
You cannot force recognition
on someone who isn't ready.

419
00:19:10,241 --> 00:19:14,275
I have spent my career
persuading persistent patients

420
00:19:14,379 --> 00:19:17,310
to confront things that
they would like to bury.

421
00:19:17,413 --> 00:19:20,551
This isn't your office.

422
00:19:20,655 --> 00:19:22,551
And Vanessa isn't your patient.

423
00:19:22,655 --> 00:19:24,551
Is that your
professional opinion?

424
00:19:24,655 --> 00:19:27,379
I am not criticizing
your capabilities.

425
00:19:27,482 --> 00:19:30,034
You know that I think
the world of you, Nicole.

426
00:19:30,137 --> 00:19:32,206
I just...

427
00:19:32,310 --> 00:19:33,965
I wonder if you're

428
00:19:34,068 --> 00:19:37,000
getting so worked up
about Vanessa because...

429
00:19:38,931 --> 00:19:40,344
...maybe you're

430
00:19:40,448 --> 00:19:41,827
doing a little projecting.

431
00:19:41,931 --> 00:19:43,172
Pr...

432
00:19:44,275 --> 00:19:45,827
Explain.

433
00:19:47,137 --> 00:19:49,007
Think about the year
that you've had.

434
00:19:49,034 --> 00:19:50,517
Okay?

435
00:19:50,518 --> 00:19:52,826
You found out that Ted's
been lying to you for decades.

436
00:19:52,827 --> 00:19:55,862
He's got a whole
grown-ass daughter out there.

437
00:19:55,863 --> 00:19:57,895
You-you just went through
a divorce and now

438
00:19:57,896 --> 00:19:59,862
your mother is battling cancer.
That...

439
00:19:59,965 --> 00:20:02,931
That's a whole lot of trauma

440
00:20:03,034 --> 00:20:06,103
packed into
a really short space of time.

441
00:20:06,206 --> 00:20:09,413
And what does any of that

442
00:20:09,517 --> 00:20:12,034
have to do
with Vanessa and Joey?

443
00:20:13,068 --> 00:20:16,310
Because, like Vanessa,
you've been through the wringer.

444
00:20:18,344 --> 00:20:20,000
And, like Vanessa...

445
00:20:22,241 --> 00:20:24,471
...you started to act
a little out of character.

446
00:20:27,763 --> 00:20:32,067
You know what? I actually
like the idea of Naomi

447
00:20:32,068 --> 00:20:33,379
inheriting the firm.

448
00:20:33,380 --> 00:20:35,619
Yeah, yeah. See, now you're
starting to see it my way.

449
00:20:35,620 --> 00:20:38,482
I mean, she's got the chops,
right? And it fits.

450
00:20:38,586 --> 00:20:42,655
I suppose I could bequeath
Chelsea my share of the agency,

451
00:20:42,656 --> 00:20:44,274
although I'd never
force it on her.

452
00:20:44,275 --> 00:20:45,965
She's really
carving her own way.

453
00:20:45,966 --> 00:20:47,964
She's making something
completely hers, huh?

454
00:20:47,965 --> 00:20:51,310
Actually, our baby girl
is already covered.

455
00:20:51,413 --> 00:20:54,103
Yeah. I earmarked
a sizable fund for Chelsea.

456
00:20:54,104 --> 00:20:56,964
I mean, strictly for her
entrepreneurial endeavors. Yeah.

457
00:20:56,965 --> 00:21:00,379
No fine print, no strings, just
capital she can use to grow.

458
00:21:00,482 --> 00:21:02,965
That's a vote of confidence
if there ever was one.

459
00:21:03,068 --> 00:21:05,137
Yeah, well, they've earned it.
You know?

460
00:21:05,241 --> 00:21:07,517
Our girls came away
with the best of us.

461
00:21:07,620 --> 00:21:10,965
You know, brains,
instinct, grit.

462
00:21:10,966 --> 00:21:13,654
And just enough recklessness
to keep life interesting.

463
00:21:13,655 --> 00:21:15,205
Mm-hmm.
And with that mix, of course

464
00:21:15,206 --> 00:21:16,688
they're destined
to rule the world.

465
00:21:16,689 --> 00:21:18,688
Well, it's nice to hear
you admit that I had a little

466
00:21:18,689 --> 00:21:21,516
something to do with the raising
of our phenomenal daughters.

467
00:21:21,517 --> 00:21:24,931
Mm.
Well, more than just a little.

468
00:21:25,034 --> 00:21:27,551
Come on, you carried the load.

469
00:21:27,655 --> 00:21:30,034
And that's why
I put you back in my will too.

470
00:21:31,793 --> 00:21:34,448
Sure, D.C.'s cute and all.

471
00:21:34,551 --> 00:21:37,586
It has the whole power and
posturing thing going for it.

472
00:21:37,587 --> 00:21:39,171
Yeah. And it's where
decisions get made.

473
00:21:39,172 --> 00:21:41,068
By people who ain't us.

474
00:21:41,172 --> 00:21:43,344
So I should just dip?

475
00:21:43,448 --> 00:21:47,862
Fresh city. Fresh ID.
Fresh everything.

476
00:21:49,413 --> 00:21:52,551
You know,
I could see you as a Monique.

477
00:21:52,655 --> 00:21:54,965
Maybe a Tyra.

478
00:21:55,068 --> 00:21:57,538
Girl, you could be whoever
the hell you want to be.

479
00:21:57,586 --> 00:21:59,655
So what's wrong with Lynette?

480
00:21:59,656 --> 00:22:01,930
Just a straight shooter
who cuts through the crap.

481
00:22:01,931 --> 00:22:03,931
And I think it's time
you did the same.

482
00:22:03,932 --> 00:22:05,102
I've been nothing but straight

483
00:22:05,103 --> 00:22:06,827
-with you.
-Girl, please.

484
00:22:06,828 --> 00:22:10,067
You and I have been
in the trenches too many times

485
00:22:10,068 --> 00:22:11,448
for me to believe that.

486
00:22:13,931 --> 00:22:16,341
And you saying that
you're giving up the hustle.

487
00:22:16,931 --> 00:22:18,068
I see you.

488
00:22:18,172 --> 00:22:20,689
You're running
your biggest con yet.

489
00:22:23,517 --> 00:22:26,793
As much as I want my kids
and everybody else

490
00:22:26,896 --> 00:22:28,241
to accept us...

491
00:22:29,517 --> 00:22:31,965
...I won't let their disapproval
run my life.

492
00:22:33,655 --> 00:22:36,448
Donnell and Deanna are grown.

493
00:22:36,551 --> 00:22:39,441
They can disagree all they want,
that's their right, but...

494
00:22:40,413 --> 00:22:42,724
...they don't get to
make decisions for me.

495
00:22:43,758 --> 00:22:46,793
Glad to see my influence
is finally rubbing off.

496
00:22:47,827 --> 00:22:49,586
I refuse to hide us.

497
00:22:50,896 --> 00:22:54,034
That would mean I'm embarrassed
to be with you, and...

498
00:22:54,137 --> 00:22:56,896
and nothing could be
further from the truth.

499
00:22:57,896 --> 00:22:59,586
Then you better brace yourself.

500
00:23:00,551 --> 00:23:04,068
Sticking by me
means taking on my reputation.

501
00:23:05,275 --> 00:23:07,862
And the people in this town
have long memories.

502
00:23:09,172 --> 00:23:10,965
And even longer tongues.

503
00:23:12,655 --> 00:23:15,068
Then I'll grow a thicker skin.

504
00:23:16,758 --> 00:23:18,724
You were there when Doug died.

505
00:23:20,206 --> 00:23:22,793
When I was drowning
in casseroles

506
00:23:22,896 --> 00:23:24,241
and-and sympathy cards.

507
00:23:24,344 --> 00:23:26,482
You...

508
00:23:26,586 --> 00:23:28,793
you made me feel alive again.

509
00:23:28,896 --> 00:23:30,793
Reminded me I was still alive.

510
00:23:30,896 --> 00:23:32,275
And...

511
00:23:33,758 --> 00:23:36,275
I... I...

512
00:23:36,379 --> 00:23:40,551
You make me feel beautiful,
desired, loved.

513
00:23:40,655 --> 00:23:44,344
If... if Deanna ever finds
a man who gives her that...

514
00:23:46,379 --> 00:23:48,969
...maybe then she'll understand
why I can't let you go.

515
00:23:57,862 --> 00:23:59,137
I'm busy.

516
00:23:59,241 --> 00:24:00,448
Hate to interrupt, boss.

517
00:24:00,551 --> 00:24:02,931
I just wanted
to run something by you.

518
00:24:03,034 --> 00:24:07,034
Unless you need me
to circle back later.

519
00:24:07,137 --> 00:24:09,517
Forget it.
Moment's ruined.

520
00:24:09,620 --> 00:24:11,310
I'll let you two talk.

521
00:24:11,413 --> 00:24:13,862
-Evening, Randy.
-Vanessa.

522
00:24:21,413 --> 00:24:22,965
This better be important.

523
00:24:23,931 --> 00:24:25,827
So what exactly are you saying-

524
00:24:25,931 --> 00:24:27,551
I'm an imposter now?

525
00:24:27,655 --> 00:24:31,551
What?
N-No, no... Never.

526
00:24:31,655 --> 00:24:35,000
Nicole, I have never met anyone
more real or vital than you.

527
00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:42,517
Then clarify.

528
00:24:46,827 --> 00:24:49,275
Ever since the divorce,

529
00:24:49,379 --> 00:24:51,655
it seems like

530
00:24:51,758 --> 00:24:55,896
you've been working overtime
to reinvent yourself.

531
00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:57,050
The-the hair,

532
00:24:57,068 --> 00:25:00,379
the-the clothes,
the-the whole vibe.

533
00:25:00,482 --> 00:25:03,275
So what I'm hearing
is that you don't like

534
00:25:03,379 --> 00:25:04,519
the woman I'm becoming.

535
00:25:04,620 --> 00:25:06,206
That is not what I'm saying.

536
00:25:06,310 --> 00:25:09,931
That you liked me better when
I was boring and predictable.

537
00:25:10,034 --> 00:25:13,034
When I fit neatly into the
little box you created for me.

538
00:25:13,137 --> 00:25:15,965
Nicole, I think that
you are amazing.

539
00:25:15,966 --> 00:25:18,171
I always have.
All I'm saying is I didn't see

540
00:25:18,172 --> 00:25:20,762
anything wrong with the woman
that you were before.

541
00:25:21,103 --> 00:25:23,068
Well, thank you

542
00:25:23,172 --> 00:25:26,931
for your unsolicited
character assessment,

543
00:25:27,034 --> 00:25:28,964
but I think I am ready
to call it a night.

544
00:25:29,034 --> 00:25:30,206
Nicole...

545
00:25:30,310 --> 00:25:34,413
This has been a very long
and trying evening.

546
00:25:34,517 --> 00:25:36,034
Let's not prolong it.

547
00:25:41,172 --> 00:25:45,896
When you replay the clumsy

548
00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:49,413
and well-intended words

549
00:25:49,517 --> 00:25:51,482
that I said tonight,

550
00:25:51,586 --> 00:25:53,172
and, no doubt get angrier,

551
00:25:53,275 --> 00:25:55,482
please circle back
to this moment.

552
00:25:59,482 --> 00:26:01,310
I love...

553
00:26:03,379 --> 00:26:05,689
...spending time

554
00:26:05,793 --> 00:26:08,275
with every iteration of you.

555
00:26:18,758 --> 00:26:20,275
Good night.

556
00:26:25,940 --> 00:26:28,895
I can't believe this.
You giving me

557
00:26:28,896 --> 00:26:31,103
so much as a dime
after you swore

558
00:26:31,104 --> 00:26:33,205
I was bleeding you dry
through the divorce?

559
00:26:33,206 --> 00:26:35,689
Okay. I'm not talking
about money, okay?

560
00:26:35,793 --> 00:26:37,724
You already
took me to the cleaners.

561
00:26:39,724 --> 00:26:42,379
What you wanted and
what you earned is my respect.

562
00:26:42,482 --> 00:26:44,551
You know, my acknowledgement of

563
00:26:44,655 --> 00:26:46,344
what you sacrificed for me.

564
00:26:46,448 --> 00:26:49,620
Well, as lovely as this sounds,
I can't do diddly-squat

565
00:26:49,621 --> 00:26:51,895
with acknowledgement
and it doesn't fit in your will.

566
00:26:51,896 --> 00:26:54,827
I'm referring
to the Amy Sherald portrait.

567
00:26:54,828 --> 00:26:57,102
The piece you had
commissioned of the girls?

568
00:26:57,103 --> 00:26:58,379
Mm-hmm.
The very one.

569
00:26:58,482 --> 00:27:01,482
I was livid when that mediator
ruled that it was yours.

570
00:27:01,483 --> 00:27:03,412
Especially since
you stuck it in your study

571
00:27:03,413 --> 00:27:04,550
where nobody can see it.

572
00:27:04,551 --> 00:27:06,344
Come on, it's-it's personal.

573
00:27:06,345 --> 00:27:07,792
It belongs in a private space.

574
00:27:07,793 --> 00:27:09,688
Translation:
Hayley couldn't stomach

575
00:27:09,689 --> 00:27:11,688
having her morning coffee
with a daily reminder

576
00:27:11,689 --> 00:27:13,068
that she's a home-wrecker.

577
00:27:13,069 --> 00:27:15,033
Ooh! But I bet she
already had it appraised

578
00:27:15,034 --> 00:27:17,033
and she is going to have
quite the tantrum

579
00:27:17,034 --> 00:27:19,586
when she realizes
that it's not hers.

580
00:27:19,689 --> 00:27:23,241
It's... it's not about her.

581
00:27:23,344 --> 00:27:25,000
It's not about the price tag.

582
00:27:25,001 --> 00:27:28,102
That portrait has
sentimental value to you.

583
00:27:28,103 --> 00:27:30,103
That's what matters.

584
00:27:31,103 --> 00:27:33,344
You call Hayley a gold digger,

585
00:27:33,448 --> 00:27:36,458
but then you want me to play
that role in your family's eyes?

586
00:27:36,459 --> 00:27:38,654
What happens when Bill finds out

587
00:27:38,655 --> 00:27:41,620
his prot�g� couldn't
even secure his own buy-in

588
00:27:41,724 --> 00:27:43,448
without your family's money?

589
00:27:43,551 --> 00:27:45,689
This isn't the same thing.

590
00:27:45,793 --> 00:27:48,000
Partners invest in each other.

591
00:27:48,103 --> 00:27:50,693
I'm not trying to buy you,
I'm trying to support you.

592
00:27:52,068 --> 00:27:55,275
If I take your money,
it changes us.

593
00:27:56,620 --> 00:27:58,310
And that's
the last thing I want.

594
00:28:00,275 --> 00:28:03,827
I have this picture
of how I want our lives to be.

595
00:28:03,931 --> 00:28:06,586
After a few years
of full partner,

596
00:28:06,587 --> 00:28:08,723
I'll finally have
the financial security

597
00:28:08,724 --> 00:28:10,931
I've been chasing my whole life.

598
00:28:11,034 --> 00:28:14,482
Then we buy that house
with the wraparound porch,

599
00:28:14,586 --> 00:28:16,620
travel wherever we want,

600
00:28:16,724 --> 00:28:19,896
and build something solid
as equals.

601
00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,551
That's the future I see for us.

602
00:28:22,655 --> 00:28:25,551
And I can't let anything
cheapen it.

603
00:28:25,655 --> 00:28:28,344
Not even your generosity.

604
00:28:29,689 --> 00:28:31,448
I love that vision.

605
00:28:31,551 --> 00:28:35,310
But baby,
you already are my equal.

606
00:28:35,413 --> 00:28:37,206
Money doesn't change that.

607
00:28:37,310 --> 00:28:41,034
Good. Because Bill
pushing me in this direction

608
00:28:41,137 --> 00:28:43,307
might be the best thing
that ever happened.

609
00:28:44,482 --> 00:28:48,965
Well, there's one more bonus
to that for us.

610
00:28:50,827 --> 00:28:53,689
I am not going to
second-guess myself

611
00:28:53,793 --> 00:28:56,793
because some man thinks
he knows me better than me.

612
00:29:15,310 --> 00:29:17,620
So, I've been working
some new angles,

613
00:29:17,621 --> 00:29:19,654
found this liquor supplier
who can hook us up.

614
00:29:19,655 --> 00:29:21,862
That's why you interrupted me?

615
00:29:21,965 --> 00:29:24,068
He's offering a way better deal

616
00:29:24,069 --> 00:29:25,688
than what we're getting
right now, Joey.

617
00:29:25,689 --> 00:29:27,862
You could have
put that in an email.

618
00:29:27,965 --> 00:29:30,137
I just figured
you would appreciate

619
00:29:30,241 --> 00:29:31,482
me being all proactive.

620
00:29:31,586 --> 00:29:33,517
Oh, you want to impress me.

621
00:29:33,620 --> 00:29:35,482
Oh, well, that's very different.

622
00:29:35,586 --> 00:29:38,068
Here, have a seat.

623
00:29:38,172 --> 00:29:40,172
Couple of things
I'd like to discuss.

624
00:29:41,655 --> 00:29:44,862
All right, boss,
yeah, whatever you need.

625
00:29:44,965 --> 00:29:46,896
So, Bill Hamilton asked me

626
00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:49,758
to look into
Hayley's new friend.

627
00:29:49,862 --> 00:29:51,862
This, uh, this woman

628
00:29:51,965 --> 00:29:54,689
who just happened
to witness her mugging.

629
00:29:55,655 --> 00:29:56,965
All right.
Say less.

630
00:29:57,068 --> 00:29:58,896
What do you
need me to find out?

631
00:29:59,931 --> 00:30:02,758
As if you don't
already know everything.

632
00:30:02,759 --> 00:30:05,861
I don't know what
you mean by that, Joey.

633
00:30:05,862 --> 00:30:07,182
Yeah, sure, I know Hayley,

634
00:30:07,183 --> 00:30:08,895
but this random chick-
she don't mean

635
00:30:08,896 --> 00:30:10,413
-nothing to me,
-Huh.

636
00:30:10,414 --> 00:30:13,757
She meant enough for you
to suck her fingers

637
00:30:13,758 --> 00:30:15,275
in the middle of Orphey Gene's.

638
00:30:31,931 --> 00:30:34,620
If this is a dream,

639
00:30:34,724 --> 00:30:37,758
my subconscious has great taste.

640
00:30:38,931 --> 00:30:42,724
Oh, baby, I am very, very real.

641
00:30:50,655 --> 00:30:53,620
Just think of this
as a fairy tale.

642
00:30:53,724 --> 00:30:58,310
Only, tonight, the prince
gets awakened by the kiss.

643
00:30:58,413 --> 00:31:00,241
From the princess he entrusted

644
00:31:00,344 --> 00:31:02,896
with the magical keys
to his castle.

645
00:31:07,586 --> 00:31:10,586
A part of me thought
you put that key in a drawer

646
00:31:10,689 --> 00:31:11,965
just to torture me.

647
00:31:14,344 --> 00:31:16,379
No more words.

648
00:31:16,482 --> 00:31:19,275
I have talked enough tonight.

649
00:31:27,896 --> 00:31:29,482
Damn, Joey.

650
00:31:29,586 --> 00:31:32,655
You really do
have eyes everywhere.

651
00:31:32,758 --> 00:31:35,103
What else did...

652
00:31:35,206 --> 00:31:37,620
June tell you?

653
00:31:37,724 --> 00:31:40,413
Now, you know I can't
confirm or deny

654
00:31:40,517 --> 00:31:42,275
where I get my intel.

655
00:31:43,620 --> 00:31:46,034
I just hope Lynette's fingers
were worth it.

656
00:31:47,241 --> 00:31:48,551
You tell Bill?

657
00:31:48,655 --> 00:31:51,379
Haven't felt the need.
Bill's a sharp guy.

658
00:31:51,482 --> 00:31:53,931
He'll put the pieces together
soon enough.

659
00:31:54,034 --> 00:31:57,000
Or you could do me a solid

660
00:31:57,103 --> 00:31:59,965
and lead Bill
down the wrong path.

661
00:32:00,068 --> 00:32:02,620
Come on, Joey.
What do you need?

662
00:32:02,621 --> 00:32:05,274
You need me to lean on somebody?
You know I'm good for it.

663
00:32:05,275 --> 00:32:07,068
Ah, that's tempting.

664
00:32:08,344 --> 00:32:09,896
But no.

665
00:32:09,897 --> 00:32:11,723
I just can't,
in good conscience,

666
00:32:11,724 --> 00:32:12,931
lie to the man.

667
00:32:13,034 --> 00:32:15,068
When has that
ever stopped you before?

668
00:32:15,172 --> 00:32:16,793
Sorry, Randy.

669
00:32:16,896 --> 00:32:19,068
I'm not gonna save your ass
on this one.

670
00:32:19,172 --> 00:32:20,793
But...

671
00:32:22,448 --> 00:32:24,172
...good luck.

672
00:32:24,275 --> 00:32:25,758
You're gonna need it.

673
00:32:27,517 --> 00:32:30,758
You realize we just had
one of those heavy conversations

674
00:32:30,759 --> 00:32:32,688
and we didn't even
come close to arguing.

675
00:32:32,689 --> 00:32:34,172
A miracle.

676
00:32:35,413 --> 00:32:38,724
Or maybe it's growth.
Who knew.

677
00:32:38,827 --> 00:32:41,827
Us, teetering on the brink
of functionality.

678
00:32:41,931 --> 00:32:44,137
Past the brink, actually.

679
00:32:44,241 --> 00:32:46,689
I just never thought
we would get to this point.

680
00:32:47,724 --> 00:32:50,172
I thought we would
be destined to be those

681
00:32:50,173 --> 00:32:52,412
bitter exes who can
only communicate through

682
00:32:52,413 --> 00:32:55,413
lawyers and passive-aggressive
holiday cards.

683
00:32:55,517 --> 00:32:58,310
Well, I'm damn glad we did.

684
00:32:58,413 --> 00:32:59,931
You know, honestly,

685
00:33:00,034 --> 00:33:02,551
I can't imagine my life
without you in it.

686
00:33:03,620 --> 00:33:05,931
Uh, that...
Look, that wasn't me...

687
00:33:06,034 --> 00:33:08,551
-I wasn't trying to...
-I know what you mean.

688
00:33:08,655 --> 00:33:12,206
We're always connected.
There's no debating that.

689
00:33:12,310 --> 00:33:15,068
I don't know what
to call whatever this is.

690
00:33:15,172 --> 00:33:17,103
We're not spouses.
We're not enemies.

691
00:33:18,344 --> 00:33:20,068
Maybe we're just friends.

692
00:33:20,172 --> 00:33:23,379
Is there such thing
as a friend with beneficiary?

693
00:33:24,758 --> 00:33:26,034
Uh, well, there is now.

694
00:33:28,206 --> 00:33:30,068
Once you walk out
of Bill's firm,

695
00:33:30,172 --> 00:33:32,172
there's nothing
tying your hands.

696
00:33:32,275 --> 00:33:36,172
Which means we can finally
investigate Lynette.

697
00:33:36,275 --> 00:33:38,103
Kat, no.

698
00:33:38,206 --> 00:33:40,068
The whole point
of this new gig

699
00:33:40,172 --> 00:33:43,137
is to leave all that behind.

700
00:33:43,241 --> 00:33:46,103
I was hoping I could
forget she even existed.

701
00:33:46,104 --> 00:33:48,343
See, that's the problem.
My gut won't let me forget,

702
00:33:48,344 --> 00:33:50,655
and my gut is always on point.

703
00:33:50,758 --> 00:33:52,965
One: Lynette flirts with you

704
00:33:53,068 --> 00:33:55,931
the literal second
her charges vanish.

705
00:33:56,034 --> 00:33:58,655
Two: she's suddenly besties
with Hayley,

706
00:33:58,656 --> 00:34:01,033
like they've been tight forever,
which- oops-

707
00:34:01,034 --> 00:34:02,896
maybe they have been.

708
00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:05,758
And three: she hardly has
a digital footprint.

709
00:34:05,862 --> 00:34:07,827
Not even a dusty burner account.

710
00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:10,689
Maybe she's just old-school.

711
00:34:10,690 --> 00:34:12,895
Not everybody wants
their business out there.

712
00:34:12,896 --> 00:34:15,620
Not having any receipts online

713
00:34:15,724 --> 00:34:17,689
is the biggest receipt of all.

714
00:34:18,827 --> 00:34:22,172
Look, the way
Bill played you was foul,

715
00:34:22,275 --> 00:34:25,413
but this isn't
about him anymore.

716
00:34:25,517 --> 00:34:27,689
If Lynette's running some scam,

717
00:34:27,793 --> 00:34:30,448
it could blow back on him.
Or worse,

718
00:34:30,551 --> 00:34:32,000
on my family.

719
00:34:32,103 --> 00:34:34,068
And I don't play
about my people.

720
00:34:35,103 --> 00:34:38,517
So, what- you want us to go
full Sherlock and Watson?

721
00:34:38,620 --> 00:34:41,137
Well, with your legal smarts

722
00:34:41,241 --> 00:34:44,344
and my podcast-trained
sleuthing,

723
00:34:44,448 --> 00:34:46,586
we're unstoppable.

724
00:34:47,689 --> 00:34:50,482
Lynette Wise is cooked.

725
00:34:54,172 --> 00:34:57,206
Why is it so hard for you
to believe that I went legit?

726
00:34:57,310 --> 00:34:59,724
Because, boo...

727
00:34:59,827 --> 00:35:03,000
this has every fingerprint
of your old grifts.

728
00:35:05,034 --> 00:35:08,172
You bagged your mark,
you locked down your ring,

729
00:35:08,275 --> 00:35:10,448
and then
you moved into the mansion.

730
00:35:10,449 --> 00:35:13,240
And now you're sitting here
acting brand-new,

731
00:35:13,241 --> 00:35:14,655
as if you were

732
00:35:14,758 --> 00:35:16,388
-born into this life.
-All right.

733
00:35:16,413 --> 00:35:18,724
So getting married
and building a home-

734
00:35:18,725 --> 00:35:21,033
that's what people do
when they fall in love.

735
00:35:21,034 --> 00:35:22,862
-Mm-hmm.
-And speaking of my ring...

736
00:35:22,965 --> 00:35:25,255
Right, because if that marriage
was so solid...

737
00:35:25,256 --> 00:35:26,757
then you wouldn't have staged

738
00:35:26,758 --> 00:35:28,689
that
Desperate Housewives nonsense.

739
00:35:28,793 --> 00:35:30,793
I never asked you to hit me.

740
00:35:30,896 --> 00:35:34,137
I just needed a way
to get Bill to stay with me

741
00:35:34,241 --> 00:35:36,689
and not run back to his ex,
because I love him.

742
00:35:36,793 --> 00:35:39,172
Mm-mmm. No.
You love money.

743
00:35:39,275 --> 00:35:41,137
And you always have.

744
00:35:41,138 --> 00:35:43,274
And Bill's sitting on more paper
than a printing press.

745
00:35:43,275 --> 00:35:45,620
Which means that
I'm not bouncing

746
00:35:45,724 --> 00:35:46,931
until I get what's mines.

747
00:35:46,932 --> 00:35:49,067
-Lynette, you tripping.
-Mm-mmm. And don't worry.

748
00:35:49,068 --> 00:35:51,718
'Cause I ain't gonna wreck
whatever you got going on.

749
00:35:52,379 --> 00:35:55,413
Unless you refuse to cut me in.

750
00:35:57,482 --> 00:36:01,000
You're putting me
in a difficult position.

751
00:36:01,103 --> 00:36:03,034
Don't test me, Val.

752
00:36:04,482 --> 00:36:07,655
'Cause I will
blow your plan sky-high.

753
00:36:16,137 --> 00:36:18,137
? ?

754
00:36:18,241 --> 00:36:20,137
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