1 00:00:33,642 --> 00:00:36,775 "Dear Mr. Baylor, my name is Victor Suffredes. 2 00:00:36,862 --> 00:00:38,516 "I saw you on TV. 3 00:00:38,603 --> 00:00:41,519 "You won a big lawsuit against that hospital. 4 00:00:41,606 --> 00:00:46,133 "You're a good lawyer, and I need a good lawyer. 5 00:00:46,220 --> 00:00:48,048 "I don't belong in this place. 6 00:00:48,135 --> 00:00:50,093 Bad things happen here." 7 00:00:50,180 --> 00:00:52,182 Is it darker than last night? 8 00:00:52,269 --> 00:00:53,966 This place messes with your head. 9 00:00:56,404 --> 00:00:58,449 How long did you say you've been here? 10 00:00:58,536 --> 00:01:00,886 A few weeks. I've been trying to get a new lawyer. 11 00:01:00,973 --> 00:01:02,888 If it works out, I'll hook you up. 12 00:01:05,587 --> 00:01:08,198 Oh, shit. 13 00:01:10,113 --> 00:01:12,768 Which one of you is Victor? 14 00:01:12,855 --> 00:01:14,335 Right here. 15 00:01:17,381 --> 00:01:19,296 Why don't you get out of bed, Victor? 16 00:01:21,646 --> 00:01:23,692 What'd I do? 17 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:37,053 Nobody's coming for you. 18 00:01:50,545 --> 00:01:54,853 - "Please help me, Mr. Baylor. Sincerely, Victor Suffredes." 19 00:02:12,349 --> 00:02:15,352 Now that the voir dire is behind us, 20 00:02:15,439 --> 00:02:17,528 we've turned our focus to the opening statement 21 00:02:17,615 --> 00:02:19,617 and our first six witnesses. 22 00:02:19,704 --> 00:02:22,533 - Uh, is Mr. Baylor joining us? - No, he's working on... 23 00:02:22,620 --> 00:02:24,796 This is supposed to be a status meeting, isn't it? 24 00:02:24,883 --> 00:02:27,669 And we are giving you a status report. 25 00:02:27,756 --> 00:02:31,194 Shoparoo Markets clearly has a flimsy case. 26 00:02:31,281 --> 00:02:32,978 They are infringing on your brand. 27 00:02:33,065 --> 00:02:35,677 I mean, and, clearly, a Mellomar is not a Mallomar. 28 00:02:35,764 --> 00:02:39,071 And I got to tell you, the two formative moments in my life 29 00:02:39,159 --> 00:02:41,813 were the first time I bit into a Mallomar 30 00:02:41,900 --> 00:02:44,076 and the first time I bit into Jamie Pedulla. 31 00:02:44,164 --> 00:02:45,556 She was my next-door neighbor. 32 00:02:45,643 --> 00:02:48,298 Ms. Stone, let me be frank. 33 00:02:48,385 --> 00:02:51,040 We took a big risk hiring your firm. 34 00:02:51,127 --> 00:02:52,824 You've never had a case like this before. 35 00:02:52,911 --> 00:02:55,436 In fact, three months ago, we never even knew you existed. 36 00:02:55,523 --> 00:02:58,090 Then Mr. Baylor had his, well, very impressive victory 37 00:02:58,178 --> 00:02:59,744 in the Great Benefit case... 38 00:02:59,831 --> 00:03:01,616 Just as it probably takes more than one person 39 00:03:01,703 --> 00:03:03,574 to make your cookies, 40 00:03:03,661 --> 00:03:06,229 it was a team effort to win that case. 41 00:03:06,316 --> 00:03:10,277 Well, the question remains, where's Mr. Baylor? 42 00:03:10,364 --> 00:03:12,104 Doing what you're paying him for. 43 00:03:12,192 --> 00:03:13,845 Working on his opening. 44 00:03:24,465 --> 00:03:26,554 Rudy, I want to thank you again 45 00:03:26,641 --> 00:03:28,077 for coming out with us today. 46 00:03:28,164 --> 00:03:30,122 We've wanted to meet you for a while now. 47 00:03:30,210 --> 00:03:32,342 I'm excited to tell you why J. Lyman Stone 48 00:03:32,429 --> 00:03:34,562 is the perfect firm for Fletcher Kincaid 49 00:03:34,649 --> 00:03:37,826 to outsource any legal work in South Carolina. 50 00:03:37,913 --> 00:03:39,697 What does he mean, "legal work"? 51 00:03:39,784 --> 00:03:42,309 Rudy, we invited you here for a different reason. 52 00:03:42,396 --> 00:03:44,485 We are offering you a position. 53 00:03:44,572 --> 00:03:47,444 - "A-a position"? I don't understand. 54 00:03:47,531 --> 00:03:49,490 We want you to consider moving to Nashville. 55 00:03:49,577 --> 00:03:51,361 We want you to come work with us. 56 00:03:51,448 --> 00:03:53,363 If you're as sought-after as Peter says, 57 00:03:53,450 --> 00:03:55,713 I'm sure you've been courted by other firms. 58 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:58,586 But they're not Fletcher, Kincaid, Brown and O'Brien. 59 00:03:58,673 --> 00:04:00,588 I really appreciate this. 60 00:04:00,675 --> 00:04:02,503 But I'm very happy where I am. 61 00:04:02,590 --> 00:04:04,156 Highly unlikely. 62 00:04:04,244 --> 00:04:05,636 Rudy, we know you're close 63 00:04:05,723 --> 00:04:07,725 with Ms. Stone and Mr. Shifflett, 64 00:04:07,812 --> 00:04:09,684 but we're also aware your firm's struggling a bit. 65 00:04:09,771 --> 00:04:11,381 We just won $80 million. 66 00:04:11,468 --> 00:04:13,035 I wouldn't say we're struggling. 67 00:04:13,122 --> 00:04:14,515 That money is tied up on appeal. 68 00:04:14,602 --> 00:04:16,038 And your Nabisco case should settle quickly. 69 00:04:16,125 --> 00:04:17,561 I don't think so. 70 00:04:17,648 --> 00:04:19,389 And we think the damages will be significant. 71 00:04:19,476 --> 00:04:21,261 Can't get blood from that turnip. 72 00:04:21,348 --> 00:04:23,480 Oh, you'll get your hourly, short a few hundred hours. 73 00:04:23,567 --> 00:04:25,874 Probably not what someone like you is looking for. 74 00:04:25,961 --> 00:04:27,963 With the right firm behind you, 75 00:04:28,050 --> 00:04:29,834 you could be a rainmaker. 76 00:04:29,921 --> 00:04:32,663 If I may, Forest, Rudy already is a rainmaker, 77 00:04:32,750 --> 00:04:34,709 aren't you, Rudy? 78 00:04:34,796 --> 00:04:35,971 Ducks! 79 00:04:44,501 --> 00:04:47,243 - Any greeting cards? - Birthday or get-well? 80 00:04:47,330 --> 00:04:48,984 Same price. 81 00:04:49,071 --> 00:04:51,508 Birthday. 82 00:04:51,595 --> 00:04:53,554 Whose birthday is it? 83 00:04:53,641 --> 00:04:55,033 Pink? 84 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:57,384 Blue is sold out. 85 00:05:01,605 --> 00:05:03,346 Delphine! 86 00:05:03,433 --> 00:05:06,218 I said no power tools! 87 00:05:06,306 --> 00:05:08,743 - Listen, I told them! I-I'll tell them again! 88 00:05:08,830 --> 00:05:12,703 Ugh. Guys, guys, the boss is going crazy. Come on. 89 00:05:12,790 --> 00:05:15,532 - Whoo! We got some wild ones. 90 00:05:15,619 --> 00:05:17,926 So this woman wants to sue a deli over a toenail 91 00:05:18,013 --> 00:05:19,971 she found in her potato salad. 92 00:05:20,058 --> 00:05:21,756 How'd she know it was a toenail? 93 00:05:21,843 --> 00:05:23,801 Oh, wait, it was a toe. I read it wrong. 94 00:05:23,888 --> 00:05:26,151 Ew. - Ew. 95 00:05:26,238 --> 00:05:28,240 Hey. 96 00:05:28,328 --> 00:05:29,851 You're supposed to be working on your opening. 97 00:05:29,938 --> 00:05:31,809 Where you been? 98 00:05:31,896 --> 00:05:35,204 Uh, duck hunting. 99 00:05:35,291 --> 00:05:37,989 - "Duck hunting"? With who? 100 00:05:38,076 --> 00:05:40,905 Just, uh, some guys from Fletcher Kincaid. 101 00:05:40,992 --> 00:05:42,690 - Is that so? - Come on. 102 00:05:42,777 --> 00:05:44,822 They're one of the biggest firms in Nashville. 103 00:05:44,909 --> 00:05:47,259 I thought maybe they wanted to subcontract with us. 104 00:05:47,347 --> 00:05:49,218 You think they took you duck hunting 105 00:05:49,305 --> 00:05:51,220 because they're looking for an LPO shop? 106 00:05:51,307 --> 00:05:53,265 - Legal process outsourcing. - Yeah, I know what that means. 107 00:05:53,353 --> 00:05:54,484 Okay. 108 00:05:54,571 --> 00:05:56,225 They were trying to poach you. 109 00:05:56,312 --> 00:05:57,748 - No, absolutely not. - Oh, stop. 110 00:05:57,835 --> 00:05:59,794 You smell like duck shit and betrayal. 111 00:05:59,881 --> 00:06:01,752 And while you were out playing Bear Grylls, 112 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:03,928 we were giving Nabisco the hand job 113 00:06:04,015 --> 00:06:05,190 they expected from you. 114 00:06:05,277 --> 00:06:06,975 Did they make you an offer? 115 00:06:07,062 --> 00:06:09,412 No. 116 00:06:09,499 --> 00:06:12,328 Yes. They offered me partner. 117 00:06:12,415 --> 00:06:15,897 - Partner. At 26... that's crazy. 118 00:06:15,984 --> 00:06:18,116 - That's what I've been saying. - I'm proud of you, boo-boo. 119 00:06:18,203 --> 00:06:19,857 Why is that crazy? 120 00:06:21,729 --> 00:06:24,296 Look, I'm building you an office, aren't I? 121 00:06:24,384 --> 00:06:26,298 - Hold on. We are building me an office. 122 00:06:26,386 --> 00:06:28,344 Why can't I be partner? - You can be. 123 00:06:28,431 --> 00:06:30,346 But not a year out of law school and after just one case. 124 00:06:30,433 --> 00:06:32,174 - Ah, two. We have Nabisco now. 125 00:06:32,261 --> 00:06:33,654 Thrilling. 126 00:06:33,741 --> 00:06:35,699 Hey, you wanted that case, too. 127 00:06:35,786 --> 00:06:37,658 "No more hospital trolling" is what you said, remember? 128 00:06:37,745 --> 00:06:39,007 Yes, I remember. 129 00:06:39,094 --> 00:06:40,922 Okay, well, then try to remember 130 00:06:41,009 --> 00:06:42,837 that Nabisco is paying for the Great Benefit appeal, 131 00:06:42,924 --> 00:06:46,667 not to mention the lease on your bar. 132 00:06:46,754 --> 00:06:48,843 Rudy, be happy. 133 00:06:48,930 --> 00:06:51,019 You got a giant case, and it was everything you wanted. 134 00:06:51,106 --> 00:06:53,413 - Except the money. - Shut up. 135 00:06:53,500 --> 00:06:55,415 I'm trying to keep the lights on here, all right? 136 00:06:55,502 --> 00:06:57,939 Fletcher Kincaid thinks I'm partner material. 137 00:06:58,026 --> 00:07:00,376 Fletcher Kincaid thinks you're a celebrity. 138 00:07:00,463 --> 00:07:02,422 They're using you. 139 00:07:02,509 --> 00:07:05,120 Now, while that can sound fun on a Saturday night, 140 00:07:05,207 --> 00:07:07,644 by Sunday morning, you'll just want to wash the sheets. 141 00:07:15,652 --> 00:07:17,654 You do know ducks mate for life, right? 142 00:07:17,741 --> 00:07:19,569 So you might have murdered someone's husband. 143 00:07:19,656 --> 00:07:20,788 You're gonna have to live with that. 144 00:07:26,010 --> 00:07:27,795 What's the next number? 145 00:07:27,882 --> 00:07:30,145 Five. 146 00:07:30,232 --> 00:07:32,364 What's this for? 147 00:07:32,452 --> 00:07:35,585 Just trying to get a message past those dicks. 148 00:07:35,672 --> 00:07:37,587 Is this gonna get you in more trouble? 149 00:07:37,674 --> 00:07:39,415 It's gonna get me out of here... 150 00:07:39,502 --> 00:07:41,025 hopefully. 151 00:07:44,246 --> 00:07:46,553 She rarely gives interviews, 152 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:48,468 no press gaggles on the courthouse steps 153 00:07:48,555 --> 00:07:50,861 and no social-media presence. 154 00:07:50,948 --> 00:07:54,561 Yet her string of high-profile courtroom victories 155 00:07:54,648 --> 00:07:57,389 is the envy of every attorney in this room. 156 00:07:57,477 --> 00:07:59,957 Please help me welcome this year's recipient 157 00:08:00,044 --> 00:08:03,308 of the Palmetto Award for Excellence in Advocacy, 158 00:08:03,395 --> 00:08:06,398 the incomparable Amanda Vonn. 159 00:08:10,794 --> 00:08:12,492 Lovely to have you. - Thank you, Steve. 160 00:08:14,276 --> 00:08:16,757 Good afternoon. 161 00:08:16,844 --> 00:08:18,759 Ms. Vonn... 162 00:08:18,846 --> 00:08:21,892 people say a good litigator is a good orator, 163 00:08:21,979 --> 00:08:24,634 one who can hammer words into swords 164 00:08:24,721 --> 00:08:27,289 and weaponize the English language. 165 00:08:27,376 --> 00:08:29,683 Do you find that to be true? 166 00:08:29,770 --> 00:08:34,122 What is the world's most patented invention? 167 00:08:34,209 --> 00:08:36,646 The mousetrap. 168 00:08:36,733 --> 00:08:39,693 Dating back over 4,000 years, it's remarkably simple... 169 00:08:39,780 --> 00:08:42,783 bait, trigger, strike. 170 00:08:42,870 --> 00:08:45,263 The perfect example of stored energy, 171 00:08:45,350 --> 00:08:49,529 it sits there in silence... 172 00:08:49,616 --> 00:08:53,141 no showmanship, no argument, 173 00:08:53,228 --> 00:08:55,447 no need to announce its presence. 174 00:08:55,535 --> 00:08:57,928 In fact, it does its best work in total darkness. 175 00:08:58,015 --> 00:09:00,148 It simply... 176 00:09:00,235 --> 00:09:02,106 waits, 177 00:09:02,193 --> 00:09:05,936 holding its power in reserve until the very last instant. 178 00:09:06,023 --> 00:09:08,286 And then... 179 00:09:08,373 --> 00:09:11,551 without warning... 180 00:09:11,638 --> 00:09:14,771 it fulfills its purpose with deadly efficiency. 181 00:09:14,858 --> 00:09:16,425 Do I think a good litigator 182 00:09:16,512 --> 00:09:18,253 knows how to weaponize language? 183 00:09:21,256 --> 00:09:23,214 Perhaps. 184 00:09:23,301 --> 00:09:26,522 But that is not her most vital talent. 185 00:09:26,609 --> 00:09:30,047 What is? 186 00:09:30,134 --> 00:09:31,788 Knowing when to strike. 187 00:09:41,668 --> 00:09:45,846 That QandA was like a Nyotaimori Experience... 188 00:09:45,933 --> 00:09:48,849 you know, where they serve sushi on a naked woman. 189 00:09:48,936 --> 00:09:50,241 I'm aware. 190 00:09:52,809 --> 00:09:55,246 - Don't look up. Sushi eater at 2 o'clock. 191 00:09:55,333 --> 00:09:57,509 Ms. Vonn, I enjoyed the interview so... 192 00:09:57,597 --> 00:09:59,511 Ms. Vonn isn't taking any more questions. 193 00:10:01,949 --> 00:10:04,299 What time did you set that meeting? 194 00:10:04,386 --> 00:10:06,693 - Ms. Vonn, if I could just... if I could steal you 195 00:10:06,780 --> 00:10:08,259 for a moment. - It's all right. 196 00:10:08,346 --> 00:10:10,958 Megan is my paralegal. Careful, she bites. 197 00:10:11,045 --> 00:10:13,395 So you've been calling my office, Ms. Plankmore. 198 00:10:13,482 --> 00:10:14,962 Um, you know my name? 199 00:10:15,049 --> 00:10:16,746 Well, I appreciate what you've been going through 200 00:10:16,833 --> 00:10:18,400 since Great Benefit. - Well, the jury got it wrong. 201 00:10:18,487 --> 00:10:20,532 There's an appeal in process. 202 00:10:20,620 --> 00:10:22,622 Look, Ms. Vonn, I think I would be 203 00:10:22,709 --> 00:10:25,320 an asset to your firm. 204 00:10:25,407 --> 00:10:28,671 If I could... if I could just... - This is where you listen. 205 00:10:28,758 --> 00:10:32,980 Life leaves fingerprints, darling. 206 00:10:33,067 --> 00:10:34,677 Your colleague Brad Noonan is in prison. 207 00:10:34,764 --> 00:10:36,461 Your client has been indicted, 208 00:10:36,548 --> 00:10:38,681 followed soon after by my dear friend Leo Drummond. 209 00:10:38,768 --> 00:10:40,552 But you... 210 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:42,467 you somehow emerged without a scratch. 211 00:10:44,774 --> 00:10:46,994 Because I did nothing wrong. 212 00:10:47,081 --> 00:10:48,604 You believe the fact that you weren't indicted 213 00:10:48,691 --> 00:10:51,346 is exculpatory. 214 00:10:51,433 --> 00:10:53,522 Everyone else thinks it's because you cooperated. 215 00:10:53,609 --> 00:10:54,871 No, that's... that's... 216 00:10:54,958 --> 00:10:56,786 Perhaps the reason why you're so toxic 217 00:10:56,873 --> 00:10:58,396 isn't the result of a spectacular loss 218 00:10:58,483 --> 00:11:00,572 in your one and only case. 219 00:11:00,660 --> 00:11:03,619 Perhaps it's because you can't be trusted. 220 00:11:08,668 --> 00:11:11,061 That's the sound of a mousetrap snapping. 221 00:11:16,197 --> 00:11:18,590 J. Lyman Stone and Associates. 222 00:11:18,678 --> 00:11:22,246 Mr. Baylor's not in at the moment, no. 223 00:11:22,333 --> 00:11:24,858 I can leave him a message, if you'd like. 224 00:11:24,945 --> 00:11:26,294 Hey, let me ask you something. 225 00:11:26,381 --> 00:11:28,122 Hmm? 226 00:11:28,209 --> 00:11:30,124 Why don't you just make the kid a partner? 227 00:11:30,211 --> 00:11:31,865 Because it's not always a great thing 228 00:11:31,952 --> 00:11:33,693 to get what you want the minute you want it. 229 00:11:33,780 --> 00:11:35,477 But we could lose him. 230 00:11:35,564 --> 00:11:37,174 If he goes to another Trent-and-Brent, 231 00:11:37,261 --> 00:11:39,089 he'll be back in a month. - I'm not so sure. 232 00:11:39,176 --> 00:11:41,352 Why is he so restless, anyway? 233 00:11:41,439 --> 00:11:43,833 Because he wants to do something meaningful. 234 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:45,835 You know I can hear everything 235 00:11:45,922 --> 00:11:47,837 you guys are saying, right? 236 00:11:47,924 --> 00:11:49,796 Yeah, our address is on our website. 237 00:11:49,883 --> 00:11:51,493 Um, I'm looking for Bruiser. 238 00:11:51,580 --> 00:11:53,147 Relax, would you? 239 00:11:53,234 --> 00:11:56,454 It's nothing I haven't said to your face. 240 00:11:56,541 --> 00:11:59,414 Holy shit. - What? 241 00:11:59,501 --> 00:12:00,981 Oh, boy. 242 00:12:01,068 --> 00:12:02,983 What the hell is he doing here? 243 00:12:03,070 --> 00:12:05,115 Hey, Julep. 244 00:12:05,202 --> 00:12:07,988 - Who's that? - My ex-husband. 245 00:12:12,949 --> 00:12:15,647 - You couldn't call first? - You blocked my number. 246 00:12:15,735 --> 00:12:16,997 Remember? - I had to. 247 00:12:17,084 --> 00:12:18,650 Every time you'd call, 248 00:12:18,738 --> 00:12:20,827 I'd get rage texts from your stripper wife. 249 00:12:20,914 --> 00:12:23,003 - That was a long time ago. And Lynette's not a stripper. 250 00:12:23,090 --> 00:12:24,700 She's Channel 4's chief meteorologist. 251 00:12:24,787 --> 00:12:26,180 Oh, right. 252 00:12:26,267 --> 00:12:28,748 Strippers provide an actual service to society. 253 00:12:28,835 --> 00:12:30,532 She tells people when it's gonna rain. 254 00:12:30,619 --> 00:12:31,881 - Mm. - So does Alexa! 255 00:12:31,968 --> 00:12:33,361 Oldest story in the book, Rudy. 256 00:12:33,448 --> 00:12:34,928 Boy meets girl. 257 00:12:35,015 --> 00:12:36,886 Boy gets drafted to the big leagues. 258 00:12:36,973 --> 00:12:38,888 Boy dumps her for bikini-model- turned-weather-girl. 259 00:12:38,975 --> 00:12:40,629 - What are you doing? - What you mean? 260 00:12:40,716 --> 00:12:42,457 What does it look like I'm doing? 261 00:12:42,544 --> 00:12:43,980 You know everybody studies for the bar online these days. 262 00:12:44,067 --> 00:12:45,373 - "Online"? What are you talking about? 263 00:12:45,460 --> 00:12:46,940 I'm orally inclined. It works for me. 264 00:12:47,027 --> 00:12:48,463 Literally, it doesn't. 265 00:12:48,550 --> 00:12:50,160 - Let's start over. Congrats. 266 00:12:50,247 --> 00:12:51,901 On what? 267 00:12:51,988 --> 00:12:53,337 - The big case. I saw it on the news. 268 00:12:53,424 --> 00:12:54,861 You did good. 269 00:12:54,948 --> 00:12:57,254 And you look good. - Oh, cut the shit, Tom. 270 00:12:57,341 --> 00:12:59,126 I can't help you, 271 00:12:59,213 --> 00:13:02,216 even if I wanted to, which I definitely do not. 272 00:13:02,303 --> 00:13:05,001 The money's all tied up in big words you wouldn't understand. 273 00:13:05,088 --> 00:13:06,394 I don't need money this time. 274 00:13:10,093 --> 00:13:12,835 I need a lawyer. 275 00:13:12,922 --> 00:13:15,229 - I got mail, lots of it. - Oh! 276 00:13:15,316 --> 00:13:17,622 Thank you, Delphine. 277 00:13:17,709 --> 00:13:18,972 Chocolate on your fingers. 278 00:13:19,059 --> 00:13:21,670 Yeah, I'm saving it for later. 279 00:13:21,757 --> 00:13:23,585 I like her. - Yeah, me too. 280 00:13:23,672 --> 00:13:25,413 Right? 281 00:13:30,853 --> 00:13:32,289 Been there. 282 00:13:40,645 --> 00:13:42,734 Oh, look at this one. 283 00:13:42,822 --> 00:13:44,867 It's from your nephew. - I don't have a nephew. 284 00:13:44,954 --> 00:13:46,869 Uh, well, apparently you do. 285 00:13:46,956 --> 00:13:48,740 And maybe if you were a little more involved, 286 00:13:48,828 --> 00:13:50,438 little Victor here wouldn't be in juvie prison. 287 00:13:50,525 --> 00:13:52,309 You know how many of these letters I've been getting? 288 00:13:52,396 --> 00:13:54,181 Yeah, I like to read them on the can. 289 00:13:54,268 --> 00:13:57,097 "Dear Uncle Rudy, how's life? 290 00:13:57,184 --> 00:14:01,188 Pen's not easy. Maybe I'll get used to it." 291 00:14:01,275 --> 00:14:04,060 "I've been working on my jump shot, just like you taught me. 292 00:14:04,147 --> 00:14:05,932 "Happy birthday. 293 00:14:06,019 --> 00:14:07,934 A dollar is worth more than meets the eye." 294 00:14:08,021 --> 00:14:10,066 That's some sage advice, my friend. 295 00:14:10,153 --> 00:14:12,286 This could be a 60-year-old man, for all we know. 296 00:14:12,373 --> 00:14:15,637 It's stamped "Medford Juvenile Detention." 297 00:14:15,724 --> 00:14:17,900 This kid's my best arm. 298 00:14:17,987 --> 00:14:20,642 He's been pumping cheddar since the day we signed him. 299 00:14:20,729 --> 00:14:22,687 He could go to The Show someday if he's not ruined by this. 300 00:14:22,774 --> 00:14:24,341 Or a torn ACL. 301 00:14:24,428 --> 00:14:25,995 - UCL. Low blow. 302 00:14:26,082 --> 00:14:28,128 He's a good kid, Julep. 303 00:14:28,215 --> 00:14:30,304 Call me that again, and it will be a torn ACL. 304 00:14:32,784 --> 00:14:35,309 All right, so this kid... 305 00:14:35,396 --> 00:14:37,659 he wake up with a dead hooker in his bed? 306 00:14:37,746 --> 00:14:39,313 He might have thrown a game. 307 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:41,097 Minor-league game, minor-league crime. 308 00:14:41,184 --> 00:14:43,143 Who gives a shit? - Oh, you'd be surprised. 309 00:14:43,230 --> 00:14:45,362 All the online betting, there's a lot of action 310 00:14:45,449 --> 00:14:46,929 down in the bush leagues. - So wait a second. 311 00:14:47,016 --> 00:14:48,670 You want me to defend some hotshot kid 312 00:14:48,757 --> 00:14:51,499 who cheated on his own team? 313 00:14:51,586 --> 00:14:53,805 Are you not seeing the irony here? 314 00:14:53,893 --> 00:14:56,373 Listen, Bruiser... 315 00:14:56,460 --> 00:14:58,462 this kid's special. 316 00:14:58,549 --> 00:15:00,725 He's not like me. 317 00:15:00,812 --> 00:15:03,728 What's in a name? 318 00:15:03,815 --> 00:15:06,470 Fighting, fighting, fighting for your name. 319 00:15:06,557 --> 00:15:09,299 I don't know. It feels like I'm swimming here. 320 00:15:09,386 --> 00:15:12,389 "A dollar is worth more than meets the eye." 321 00:15:12,476 --> 00:15:15,349 It's just strange... a kid pretending to be your nephew 322 00:15:15,436 --> 00:15:17,699 sends you a birthday card from prison. 323 00:15:17,786 --> 00:15:19,831 Trademark infringement, product confusion. 324 00:15:22,791 --> 00:15:24,271 Who's gonna even care? 325 00:15:24,358 --> 00:15:26,490 Unless he couldn't send you a normal letter. 326 00:15:26,577 --> 00:15:28,579 Hey, what's that thing that Aristotle said 327 00:15:28,666 --> 00:15:30,886 about knowing thyself? - "Aristotle"? 328 00:15:30,973 --> 00:15:33,062 Are you trying to blow this case? 329 00:15:33,149 --> 00:15:35,151 I'm trying to make it mean something, 330 00:15:35,238 --> 00:15:38,067 more than just money. 331 00:15:38,154 --> 00:15:39,851 - Maybe this kids a puzzler. - What do you mean? 332 00:15:39,939 --> 00:15:41,592 Well, in the puzzler world, 333 00:15:41,679 --> 00:15:44,334 that's what we call a signifier, i.e. a clue. 334 00:15:44,421 --> 00:15:48,599 - "The puzzler world"? - I contain multitudes. 335 00:15:48,686 --> 00:15:53,387 Tom, do you know how I got to Milwaukee? 336 00:15:53,474 --> 00:15:56,956 I sold my mother's watch for a plane ticket 337 00:15:57,043 --> 00:16:00,524 so I can see my man pitch his first major-league game. 338 00:16:00,611 --> 00:16:04,093 Called you as I was hustling my way into the locker room 339 00:16:04,180 --> 00:16:06,182 so you would think that I was still at school. 340 00:16:06,269 --> 00:16:08,619 And I round the corner, and there you are... 341 00:16:08,706 --> 00:16:11,753 on the phone, telling me how much you miss me 342 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:15,104 and how much you love me... 343 00:16:15,191 --> 00:16:17,324 all while getting blown by Lynette 344 00:16:17,411 --> 00:16:21,110 on a goddamn massage table. 345 00:16:21,197 --> 00:16:22,851 That's a long time to hold a grudge. 346 00:16:22,938 --> 00:16:25,506 Oh, a 20-year grudge isn't old. 347 00:16:25,593 --> 00:16:27,987 It's vintage... 348 00:16:28,074 --> 00:16:30,685 ready to be decanted. 349 00:16:30,772 --> 00:16:33,253 Now get out. 350 00:16:41,913 --> 00:16:43,480 - Hey, Deck. - Up yours, Tom. 351 00:16:43,567 --> 00:16:45,221 Good talk. 352 00:16:45,308 --> 00:16:48,268 All right, guys, I think I cracked it. 353 00:16:48,355 --> 00:16:51,445 - Got an opening argument? - Yeah, I think so. 354 00:16:51,532 --> 00:16:54,970 Oh, dude. 355 00:16:55,057 --> 00:16:56,928 More than meets the eye. 356 00:16:57,016 --> 00:16:59,148 What are you blathering on about? 357 00:16:59,235 --> 00:17:01,150 The dollar's the cipher, the serial number, right? 358 00:17:01,237 --> 00:17:03,152 So this little genius wrote us a letter 359 00:17:03,239 --> 00:17:05,850 specifically based on this number. 360 00:17:09,245 --> 00:17:12,466 Okay, look, so each number corresponds 361 00:17:12,553 --> 00:17:14,946 to a specific word in the letter, right? 362 00:17:15,034 --> 00:17:17,297 So the first number is four. 363 00:17:17,384 --> 00:17:20,778 The fourth word is "how," first letter of which is H. 364 00:17:20,865 --> 00:17:22,650 The next number is eight. 365 00:17:22,737 --> 00:17:26,045 Eighth word is "easy," first letter, E. 366 00:17:26,132 --> 00:17:29,222 Next is five. The fifth word is "life," L. 367 00:17:29,309 --> 00:17:31,485 Then we have the sixth word, which is "pen." 368 00:17:31,572 --> 00:17:33,226 Then the ninth number is "maybe," M. 369 00:17:33,313 --> 00:17:35,489 And then the last number is eight, 370 00:17:35,576 --> 00:17:37,752 so we're back to our "easy," E. 371 00:17:37,839 --> 00:17:39,623 - "Help me." - I'll be damned. 372 00:17:39,710 --> 00:17:41,277 Why would he go to all that trouble? 373 00:17:41,364 --> 00:17:42,844 'Cause they're reading his mail and... 374 00:17:42,931 --> 00:17:45,412 - He's scared. - Yes. 375 00:17:52,723 --> 00:17:55,074 - Shakedown! - Get up! 376 00:17:55,161 --> 00:17:57,206 Let's go, let's go, let's go! 377 00:17:57,293 --> 00:18:00,079 Everybody up now! 378 00:18:00,166 --> 00:18:02,081 Facility-wide safety check is in progress. 379 00:18:02,168 --> 00:18:05,997 Follow the staff instructions. 380 00:18:06,085 --> 00:18:08,217 Let's go, let's go, let's go! 381 00:18:08,304 --> 00:18:11,742 Hell, that's the third one this week. 382 00:18:11,829 --> 00:18:14,571 - What am I gonna do with this? - A toothbrush shiv? 383 00:18:14,658 --> 00:18:16,095 Who told you to make that... some guy on Reddit? 384 00:18:16,182 --> 00:18:17,705 I can't go in the hole. 385 00:18:17,792 --> 00:18:19,489 Relax, that's not gonna happen. 386 00:18:19,576 --> 00:18:21,361 Watch this. 387 00:18:24,190 --> 00:18:26,148 - How'd you do that? - Magic. 388 00:18:26,235 --> 00:18:27,671 Let's go, gentlemen. 389 00:18:27,758 --> 00:18:29,717 Come on, let's go. - Get up. 390 00:18:32,850 --> 00:18:35,897 You hiding something there, huh? 391 00:18:35,984 --> 00:18:37,768 What the hell is this? 392 00:18:37,855 --> 00:18:41,076 I told my dentist I'd brush. 393 00:18:41,163 --> 00:18:43,209 You know what this is? 394 00:18:43,296 --> 00:18:45,080 Looks like another six months to me. 395 00:18:53,219 --> 00:18:56,178 This is a story about David and Goliath. 396 00:18:56,265 --> 00:18:59,181 You know, it takes courage to pick up that stone 397 00:18:59,268 --> 00:19:02,184 and say, no more. 398 00:19:02,271 --> 00:19:05,970 And today that courage belongs to Nabisco. 399 00:19:06,057 --> 00:19:07,320 I know what you're thinking. 400 00:19:07,407 --> 00:19:10,845 How could Nabisco be David... 401 00:19:10,932 --> 00:19:12,716 in any story? 402 00:19:12,803 --> 00:19:16,329 Believe me, I asked myself the same thing. 403 00:19:16,416 --> 00:19:19,506 But fairness... 404 00:19:19,593 --> 00:19:21,421 isn't just for the underdog. 405 00:19:23,901 --> 00:19:27,427 It's for anyone who plays by the rules. 406 00:19:29,690 --> 00:19:32,649 Now, the defendants call this Mellomar... 407 00:19:32,736 --> 00:19:35,565 not Mallomar, 408 00:19:35,652 --> 00:19:38,307 Mellomar. 409 00:19:38,394 --> 00:19:40,396 But it's the same chocolate coating. 410 00:19:40,483 --> 00:19:41,832 What do you see? 411 00:19:41,919 --> 00:19:43,443 The same marshmallow inside, 412 00:19:43,530 --> 00:19:47,055 but it is missing one key ingredient 413 00:19:47,142 --> 00:19:50,406 you can't copyright... 414 00:19:50,493 --> 00:19:53,844 integrity. 415 00:20:00,111 --> 00:20:03,289 All right, and this, this is the bullpen, yeah. 416 00:20:03,376 --> 00:20:05,682 See, I find that not having assigned offices 417 00:20:05,769 --> 00:20:08,207 keeps everyone on their toes. - It's very Silicon Valley. 418 00:20:08,294 --> 00:20:10,034 Ah, those tech boys are slicker than owl snot. 419 00:20:10,121 --> 00:20:12,036 We're just working folk out here, 420 00:20:12,123 --> 00:20:13,864 trying to make a dollar holler... no doors, no titles. 421 00:20:13,951 --> 00:20:15,475 Just everyone digging the same dirt. 422 00:20:15,562 --> 00:20:16,911 Feed that bird, Billy. 423 00:20:16,998 --> 00:20:18,565 That does sound refreshing. 424 00:20:18,652 --> 00:20:20,393 I mean, your work is primarily personal injury? 425 00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:22,133 Well, we got slip-and-falls, fender benders, 426 00:20:22,221 --> 00:20:23,483 the occasional dog bite. 427 00:20:23,570 --> 00:20:25,180 Hey, Josephine, what do you call them dogs 428 00:20:25,267 --> 00:20:26,921 everyone's trotting around? 429 00:20:27,008 --> 00:20:28,662 You know, they mush them all together so they don't shit? 430 00:20:28,749 --> 00:20:30,098 Doodles. 431 00:20:30,185 --> 00:20:32,100 60% of our canine liability work. 432 00:20:32,187 --> 00:20:33,797 Keep it simple here... 433 00:20:33,884 --> 00:20:36,278 no base, all commission, you eat what you kill. 434 00:20:36,365 --> 00:20:38,062 You know, most of our business never even sees a courtroom. 435 00:20:38,149 --> 00:20:40,064 So you don't try cases? 436 00:20:40,151 --> 00:20:42,371 No, trials are for people who like to lose money slow. 437 00:20:42,458 --> 00:20:44,895 We get in, we get paid, and we get gone. 438 00:20:44,982 --> 00:20:47,289 What if you didn't have to choose? 439 00:20:47,376 --> 00:20:49,117 If you built a small trial unit, 440 00:20:49,204 --> 00:20:51,162 just one or two strong cases a quarter, 441 00:20:51,250 --> 00:20:52,729 you'd scare the insurers. 442 00:20:52,816 --> 00:20:55,036 They'd pay out faster on the rest and for more. 443 00:20:55,123 --> 00:20:56,820 - I admire the gumption. I really do. 444 00:20:56,907 --> 00:20:58,605 But this place runs on volume. 445 00:20:58,692 --> 00:21:00,476 Big verdicts make headlines. 446 00:21:00,563 --> 00:21:02,043 Small ones, they pay rent. 447 00:21:02,130 --> 00:21:04,132 You could do both. 448 00:21:04,219 --> 00:21:06,743 Build your reputation, raise the floor. 449 00:21:06,830 --> 00:21:08,702 Listen, you can dress it up all you want, darling, 450 00:21:08,789 --> 00:21:10,617 but lipstick don't turn a pig into a paralegal. 451 00:21:10,704 --> 00:21:12,706 This place is never gonna be white-shoe. 452 00:21:12,793 --> 00:21:14,316 Mm, well, not with that attitude. 453 00:21:14,403 --> 00:21:17,058 Thank you, Dina. 454 00:21:17,145 --> 00:21:18,755 Listen, you change your mind, 455 00:21:18,842 --> 00:21:20,757 we always got room for a closer. 456 00:21:20,844 --> 00:21:22,803 The pizza's hot. The coffee's free. 457 00:21:22,890 --> 00:21:25,240 And we get a discount at the dry cleaner's next door. 458 00:21:25,327 --> 00:21:27,068 I'll think about it. 459 00:21:27,155 --> 00:21:28,896 All right, well, don't think too long, now, 460 00:21:28,983 --> 00:21:30,854 because pride is a hell of a diet. 461 00:21:30,941 --> 00:21:32,552 Thank you for your time. 462 00:21:39,776 --> 00:21:41,517 - What are we doing here? - Shh. 463 00:21:41,604 --> 00:21:43,476 Do me a favor. Just be cool, okay? Be cool. 464 00:21:43,563 --> 00:21:45,304 Jerry, how you doing, pal? 465 00:21:45,391 --> 00:21:47,654 You, uh, got room in there for two more? 466 00:21:47,741 --> 00:21:49,438 - Sure thing, Deck. - Great. 467 00:21:49,525 --> 00:21:52,398 Hey, say hi to your sister for me. 468 00:21:52,485 --> 00:21:54,878 What are you doing? Get in here. Come on. 469 00:22:08,414 --> 00:22:10,459 - 50 on the come. - No more bets, no more bets. 470 00:22:10,546 --> 00:22:12,505 - Yeah! - Copy that... 50 on big red. 471 00:22:12,592 --> 00:22:13,680 Why are we here? 472 00:22:13,767 --> 00:22:15,551 I just want to say a quick hi 473 00:22:15,638 --> 00:22:18,467 to a certain public-defender bottom-feeder 474 00:22:18,554 --> 00:22:20,730 who happens to represent Victor Suffredes. 475 00:22:20,817 --> 00:22:22,950 This is the kid with the letter? 476 00:22:23,037 --> 00:22:25,518 You mean the unjustly imprisoned 12-year-old 477 00:22:25,605 --> 00:22:27,346 crying out to his favorite uncle for help? 478 00:22:27,433 --> 00:22:29,391 Yes. - Deck, I'm not heartless. 479 00:22:29,478 --> 00:22:31,480 I have a case to try. - Exactly. 480 00:22:31,567 --> 00:22:33,134 You are not heartless, all right? 481 00:22:33,221 --> 00:22:34,614 So don't be. Come on. 482 00:22:41,882 --> 00:22:44,188 - Come on, nice and easy. Here we go, baby. 483 00:22:44,275 --> 00:22:45,755 Five. 484 00:22:45,842 --> 00:22:47,017 There we go! 485 00:22:47,104 --> 00:22:48,976 - Seeing 8 for 10. - 20 on hard 6. 486 00:22:49,063 --> 00:22:50,499 - 90 on the 8. - 20, field. 487 00:22:50,586 --> 00:22:53,241 - Nah, he's not done yet. Let's go 25 on... 488 00:22:53,328 --> 00:22:54,982 - 10, 10 on 8. - Wait, there he is. 489 00:22:55,069 --> 00:22:57,854 Here we go. Craps table, come on. 490 00:22:57,941 --> 00:23:01,336 Hey, hey, hey, hey, Louie V.! Still cheating gravity? 491 00:23:01,423 --> 00:23:03,686 Still pretending to be a lawyer? 492 00:23:03,773 --> 00:23:05,862 - Oh, 4, 4, easy 4. Shooter stays hot. 493 00:23:05,949 --> 00:23:07,386 Hardway comes down. 494 00:23:07,473 --> 00:23:08,822 Sir, if you're gonna stand at the table, 495 00:23:08,909 --> 00:23:10,954 you got to make a bet... it's a $25 minimum. 496 00:23:11,041 --> 00:23:12,826 - 25 bucks? Hey, hey, you got some cash? 497 00:23:12,913 --> 00:23:15,002 - How much? - 25. 498 00:23:15,089 --> 00:23:16,960 - I only have a hundred. - Yeah, that's perfect. 499 00:23:17,047 --> 00:23:19,659 Yeah, I'll do, uh, four 25s. - Four 25s for the gentlemen. 500 00:23:19,746 --> 00:23:21,443 10, hard 4, 5 Yo. 501 00:23:21,530 --> 00:23:23,140 I'm gonna do 25 on the pass line, 502 00:23:23,227 --> 00:23:24,794 all the hardways, 5 back. 503 00:23:24,881 --> 00:23:26,622 Deck, why are you here? 504 00:23:26,709 --> 00:23:28,929 I'm just here to jog your memory... 505 00:23:29,016 --> 00:23:31,235 client of yours, kid by the name of Victor Suffredes. 506 00:23:31,322 --> 00:23:33,368 Never heard of him. 507 00:23:33,455 --> 00:23:35,544 - 6, easy 6. Hardway comes down. 508 00:23:35,631 --> 00:23:37,633 Wait, did I just lose? 509 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:39,983 - Did you just lose? - Yes, sir, you did. 510 00:23:40,070 --> 00:23:42,421 I did. All right, let's go 5 back on the hard 6. 511 00:23:42,508 --> 00:23:45,075 Sure you remember him, okay? He's a 12-year-old kid. 512 00:23:45,162 --> 00:23:47,251 He hacked his entire school network, 513 00:23:47,338 --> 00:23:48,731 Rickrolled every classroom. 514 00:23:48,818 --> 00:23:51,386 Halloran gave him three years at The Pen. 515 00:23:51,473 --> 00:23:53,083 Three years for Rick Astley? 516 00:23:53,170 --> 00:23:55,042 Yeah, I guess justice did give him up. 517 00:23:55,129 --> 00:23:56,957 That's a sealed juvenile case. 518 00:23:57,044 --> 00:23:59,350 Here we go. 519 00:23:59,438 --> 00:24:01,440 You shouldn't be sniffing around that file. 520 00:24:01,527 --> 00:24:03,572 And if you don't mind, 521 00:24:03,659 --> 00:24:05,618 I'm having a hot freakin' roll here. 522 00:24:08,055 --> 00:24:10,579 He wrote to me... he said he's looking for new counsel. 523 00:24:10,666 --> 00:24:12,842 - He's wasting ink. I'm still his lawyer. 524 00:24:12,929 --> 00:24:15,018 All right, give me, uh, 25 on 5. 525 00:24:15,105 --> 00:24:17,891 If you're still his lawyer, why hasn't he heard from you? 526 00:24:17,978 --> 00:24:20,850 Because I already did my part. 527 00:24:20,937 --> 00:24:22,852 He pled. Case closed. 528 00:24:22,939 --> 00:24:24,550 "He pled"? 529 00:24:24,637 --> 00:24:26,682 5, 5. 530 00:24:26,769 --> 00:24:29,032 You could have filed for post-conviction relief, 531 00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:31,121 asked for reconsideration. - Kid took a deal. 532 00:24:31,208 --> 00:24:33,994 That's the end of it. - He's 12 years old. 533 00:24:34,081 --> 00:24:38,389 You think 3 years is justice? - I think that's the sentence. 534 00:24:38,477 --> 00:24:42,263 - Yeah, let's see it. Hit that back wall this time. 535 00:24:47,790 --> 00:24:50,053 Who the hell walks away from a heater? 536 00:24:50,140 --> 00:24:52,621 Somebody who doesn't want to answer questions. 537 00:25:05,504 --> 00:25:07,854 Guys, please, I'm fine. 538 00:25:07,941 --> 00:25:09,986 I've been networking. 539 00:25:10,073 --> 00:25:11,901 I've been taking some really interesting meetings. 540 00:25:11,988 --> 00:25:14,295 I'm good. I'm... I'm great, actually. 541 00:25:14,382 --> 00:25:15,862 Just hear me out. 542 00:25:15,949 --> 00:25:17,864 Dad, do you really think that's a good idea? 543 00:25:17,951 --> 00:25:19,866 What? 544 00:25:19,953 --> 00:25:21,781 Me coming to work for you. 545 00:25:21,868 --> 00:25:23,826 - No, no... - Actually... 546 00:25:23,913 --> 00:25:26,786 No, I was gonna say move back in with us, 547 00:25:26,873 --> 00:25:30,180 you know, until you figure out your next move. 548 00:25:30,267 --> 00:25:31,660 Wow, okay. 549 00:25:31,747 --> 00:25:33,749 Um, am I really that radioactive? 550 00:25:33,836 --> 00:25:35,316 Sweetie, of course not. 551 00:25:35,403 --> 00:25:37,666 It's just a little difficult 552 00:25:37,753 --> 00:25:40,060 while you're still under investigation. 553 00:25:40,147 --> 00:25:41,931 You were the one who told me it was my job to bend the law 554 00:25:42,018 --> 00:25:44,020 and see how elastic it is, remember? 555 00:25:44,107 --> 00:25:46,196 And then next thing I knew, I'm sitting with the FBI. 556 00:25:46,283 --> 00:25:49,460 I think you might have read more into that than I meant. 557 00:25:49,548 --> 00:25:51,550 Are you gonna take any responsibility? 558 00:25:51,637 --> 00:25:53,247 Are you gonna take any responsibility? 559 00:25:53,334 --> 00:25:56,772 - That's not fair. I didn't even commit a crime. 560 00:25:56,859 --> 00:25:58,948 You committed the greatest crime of all. 561 00:25:59,035 --> 00:26:01,429 You lost. 562 00:26:01,516 --> 00:26:03,692 And you're right. It's not fair. 563 00:26:03,779 --> 00:26:06,434 You're a better lawyer than Rudy will ever be. 564 00:26:06,521 --> 00:26:08,218 Wow, you finally remembered his name. 565 00:26:10,264 --> 00:26:12,266 I am going to run to the men's room. 566 00:26:22,711 --> 00:26:25,584 Did you ever congratulate him? 567 00:26:25,671 --> 00:26:27,716 - Who, Rudy? No. 568 00:26:27,803 --> 00:26:29,588 No, Mom, believe me, I'm the last person 569 00:26:29,675 --> 00:26:31,285 he wants to hear from. 570 00:26:31,372 --> 00:26:33,766 You two were so in love. 571 00:26:33,853 --> 00:26:36,290 That was a long time ago. 572 00:26:36,377 --> 00:26:38,379 Not so long. 573 00:26:38,466 --> 00:26:41,077 Honey, do you mind if I give you a little advice? 574 00:26:41,164 --> 00:26:43,602 Everyone else seems to, so, sure. 575 00:26:43,689 --> 00:26:46,387 Look, I know you feel like you've lost everything. 576 00:26:46,474 --> 00:26:48,258 Haven't I? 577 00:26:48,345 --> 00:26:50,478 I lost the case. I lost my job. 578 00:26:50,565 --> 00:26:52,523 I lost my boyfriend. You and Dad are paying my rent. 579 00:26:54,656 --> 00:26:55,962 What's left? 580 00:26:56,049 --> 00:26:58,355 You. 581 00:26:58,442 --> 00:27:00,749 You're what's left. 582 00:27:00,836 --> 00:27:03,099 Every time we've spoken in the past three months, 583 00:27:03,186 --> 00:27:05,536 you've told me how everybody got it wrong. 584 00:27:05,624 --> 00:27:08,104 Sweetheart... 585 00:27:08,191 --> 00:27:11,891 have you once stopped and asked where you went wrong? 586 00:27:11,978 --> 00:27:14,110 Hmm? 587 00:27:23,554 --> 00:27:25,556 - Oh, hey. Got you coffee. 588 00:27:25,644 --> 00:27:27,776 Thanks. 589 00:27:27,863 --> 00:27:29,560 - Hey, you know what? Quick gut check... 590 00:27:29,648 --> 00:27:32,346 I was thinking, um, depo testimony first, 591 00:27:32,433 --> 00:27:34,565 and then I'm gonna box them in with the ratios on... 592 00:27:34,653 --> 00:27:36,916 - Rudy, we settled. - What do you mean? 593 00:27:37,003 --> 00:27:39,570 We're cross-examining the lead food scientist at 9:00. 594 00:27:39,658 --> 00:27:41,877 No, we're not, because they settled. 595 00:27:41,964 --> 00:27:43,487 I know. 596 00:27:43,574 --> 00:27:46,490 "Courtus" interruptus. 597 00:27:46,577 --> 00:27:48,797 - How much? - Nothing. 598 00:27:48,884 --> 00:27:51,147 Consent decree and permanent injunction. 599 00:27:51,234 --> 00:27:53,367 They stop making the copycat, destroy the molds, 600 00:27:53,454 --> 00:27:55,412 and send recall notices. 601 00:27:55,499 --> 00:27:58,154 So we get 10% of zero? 602 00:27:58,241 --> 00:27:59,939 See, that's the thing about your first case 603 00:28:00,026 --> 00:28:01,418 going the distance. 604 00:28:01,505 --> 00:28:04,030 You expect all of them to. 605 00:28:04,117 --> 00:28:06,075 It's still a win, Rudy. 606 00:28:06,162 --> 00:28:08,643 Congrats. 607 00:28:11,907 --> 00:28:14,605 Look, I know you want to be partner. 608 00:28:14,693 --> 00:28:16,956 But trust me when I tell you, 609 00:28:17,043 --> 00:28:19,959 there's a risk in getting too much too soon. 610 00:28:20,046 --> 00:28:21,830 Just ask my ex. 611 00:28:21,917 --> 00:28:24,050 Tom was faced with a decision... 612 00:28:24,137 --> 00:28:26,182 stay with a great team 613 00:28:26,269 --> 00:28:28,141 who felt he needed more seasoning in the minors 614 00:28:28,228 --> 00:28:30,709 or go to a shitty team who'd put him right in The Show. 615 00:28:30,796 --> 00:28:32,841 He chose The Show. 616 00:28:32,928 --> 00:28:34,930 And tore his UCL in the first week. 617 00:28:35,017 --> 00:28:37,324 He wasn't ready. 618 00:28:37,411 --> 00:28:39,500 Right now this works. 619 00:28:39,587 --> 00:28:42,155 I set the table. You sharpen the knife. 620 00:28:42,242 --> 00:28:44,853 Anything more than that wouldn't be good for me. 621 00:28:44,940 --> 00:28:48,552 It definitely wouldn't be good for you. 622 00:28:48,639 --> 00:28:50,772 - Jocelyn Stone? - Yeah. 623 00:28:54,210 --> 00:28:56,735 Namaste. 624 00:29:02,566 --> 00:29:04,873 I'm gonna kill him. 625 00:29:32,074 --> 00:29:33,815 Hey. 626 00:29:33,902 --> 00:29:35,556 How you doing? Deck Shifflet. 627 00:29:37,993 --> 00:29:39,647 Right, right. Uh... 628 00:29:39,734 --> 00:29:41,692 Are you, uh, Victor Suffredes' father? 629 00:29:41,780 --> 00:29:43,607 Step. 630 00:29:43,694 --> 00:29:46,001 I like to think of it as the dad who stepped up. 631 00:29:46,088 --> 00:29:48,743 - Am I right? - What do you want? 632 00:29:48,830 --> 00:29:51,398 Uh, well, I want to talk to you about Victor's case. 633 00:29:51,485 --> 00:29:53,008 He reached out to our law firm. 634 00:29:53,095 --> 00:29:55,445 But, you know, the whole juvenile-court system... 635 00:29:55,532 --> 00:29:57,752 all the files and transcripts are sealed. 636 00:29:57,839 --> 00:29:59,536 So, if we want to help Victor... - Oh, no, no, no, no, 637 00:29:59,623 --> 00:30:01,887 Ain't no helping that boy. 638 00:30:01,974 --> 00:30:04,280 Kid's a compulsive liar. 639 00:30:04,367 --> 00:30:07,066 Right, well, uh... 640 00:30:07,153 --> 00:30:10,025 have you, uh, c-considered an appeal? 641 00:30:10,112 --> 00:30:11,722 Because the window for this closes on Monday. 642 00:30:11,810 --> 00:30:13,637 I don't know about any of that. 643 00:30:13,724 --> 00:30:16,031 Sir, we're just concerned that your son... 644 00:30:16,118 --> 00:30:17,380 - He is not my son. Now, I told you that, yeah? 645 00:30:17,467 --> 00:30:18,555 Okay. 646 00:30:18,642 --> 00:30:19,992 Buddy, I'm just here 647 00:30:20,079 --> 00:30:22,646 'cause I think Victor might be in trouble. 648 00:30:22,733 --> 00:30:24,910 Look... 649 00:30:24,997 --> 00:30:28,304 I've washed my hands of that boy. 650 00:30:28,391 --> 00:30:32,178 Kid's been a migraine since the day I married his mother. 651 00:30:32,265 --> 00:30:33,962 Well, speaking of his mother, 652 00:30:34,049 --> 00:30:36,225 if I wanted to talk to her about an appeal, 653 00:30:36,312 --> 00:30:38,184 you know where I might find her? 654 00:30:39,707 --> 00:30:41,840 Yep. 655 00:30:41,927 --> 00:30:44,059 Marshview Cemetery. 656 00:30:47,715 --> 00:30:49,499 All right, have a great day. 657 00:31:09,215 --> 00:31:10,956 Thought I locked that. 658 00:31:13,828 --> 00:31:16,091 You really bought Yogi's. 659 00:31:19,181 --> 00:31:22,358 I, um... 660 00:31:22,445 --> 00:31:24,273 I heard you're living in the apartment upstairs? 661 00:31:29,235 --> 00:31:31,019 And I, uh... 662 00:31:31,106 --> 00:31:32,934 read that alumni profile they did on you. 663 00:31:35,502 --> 00:31:37,025 It was incredible. 664 00:31:39,332 --> 00:31:42,465 I saw you on TV. 665 00:31:42,552 --> 00:31:43,814 You, um... 666 00:31:46,034 --> 00:31:48,558 You really... you really did it. 667 00:31:48,645 --> 00:31:51,126 It's literally everything you ever dreamed of, and I... 668 00:31:55,391 --> 00:31:57,045 I just wanted to say congratulations. 669 00:32:03,573 --> 00:32:07,795 I, um... 670 00:32:07,882 --> 00:32:10,363 I don't know why I did what I did. 671 00:32:18,284 --> 00:32:20,373 Rudy, I should have never used your brother in that way. 672 00:32:20,460 --> 00:32:21,896 I, um... 673 00:32:25,204 --> 00:32:28,729 I was just so caught up in... 674 00:32:28,816 --> 00:32:31,514 the case, the firm, Leo. 675 00:32:31,601 --> 00:32:34,909 I just... I think I convinced myself that I was doing my job. 676 00:32:42,003 --> 00:32:43,352 Rudy, I'm sorry. 677 00:32:52,883 --> 00:32:55,712 Are you gonna say anything? 678 00:32:59,020 --> 00:33:00,630 We're closed. 679 00:33:24,567 --> 00:33:25,916 That was unexpected. 680 00:33:28,223 --> 00:33:29,964 What do you think she really wants? 681 00:33:30,051 --> 00:33:31,879 I don't know. 682 00:33:31,966 --> 00:33:33,707 Maybe she just really wanted to apologize. 683 00:33:35,578 --> 00:33:36,840 Not a chance. 684 00:33:51,768 --> 00:33:54,032 All right, but just hear me out, okay? 685 00:33:54,119 --> 00:33:56,512 Nabisco... it was a win, no matter how you look at it. 686 00:33:56,599 --> 00:33:58,514 It is hard to make a meal out of cookies, though. 687 00:33:58,601 --> 00:34:00,821 Lord knows that I've tried. Wait, wait, no, stop. 688 00:34:00,908 --> 00:34:02,518 Just sit down. Sit down. 689 00:34:02,605 --> 00:34:05,173 What I'm trying to say is, you're not cookies, okay? 690 00:34:05,260 --> 00:34:07,523 And you are definitely not Fletcher Kincaid. 691 00:34:07,610 --> 00:34:09,830 Rudy, you're not doing what you're meant to do. 692 00:34:09,917 --> 00:34:12,311 I know it doesn't always pay the bills, okay? 693 00:34:12,398 --> 00:34:15,923 But, Rudy, you fight bullies, and right now this kid Victor... 694 00:34:16,010 --> 00:34:17,881 he needs a Rudy Baylor on his side 695 00:34:17,968 --> 00:34:19,013 'cause he's got nobody else. 696 00:34:19,100 --> 00:34:20,971 - Deck... - No, no, let me finish. 697 00:34:21,059 --> 00:34:23,278 Let me finish... because as you said, right? 698 00:34:23,365 --> 00:34:26,064 Literally, as you said, it's not about the fight. 699 00:34:28,109 --> 00:34:30,198 It's about who you fight for. 700 00:34:30,285 --> 00:34:33,071 - Let's go talk to him. - That's it? 701 00:34:33,158 --> 00:34:34,463 You want to talk, I'll talk to him. 702 00:34:34,550 --> 00:34:36,204 I'm... no promises. - No, right. 703 00:34:36,291 --> 00:34:37,727 Of course, no promises. Let's go talk to him. 704 00:34:37,814 --> 00:34:39,512 I love this. Yes, we're talking to him. 705 00:34:39,599 --> 00:34:41,688 By the way, that was a great opening argument. 706 00:34:41,775 --> 00:34:44,169 - Really? - Yeah. 707 00:34:44,256 --> 00:34:46,084 - What was the best part? - I'm not cookies. 708 00:34:48,651 --> 00:34:50,305 Cookies. 709 00:34:50,392 --> 00:34:51,524 Of course. 710 00:35:02,970 --> 00:35:05,712 - I am not your lawyer. - I know that. 711 00:35:05,799 --> 00:35:07,670 Then why the hell am I getting 712 00:35:07,757 --> 00:35:09,498 your grand-jury subpoena? 713 00:35:09,585 --> 00:35:11,587 Jocelyn, what am I supposed to do? 714 00:35:11,674 --> 00:35:14,024 Tell the truth. 715 00:35:14,112 --> 00:35:16,418 You didn't know what the kid was doing. 716 00:35:16,505 --> 00:35:17,898 I might have known what the kid was doing. 717 00:35:17,985 --> 00:35:19,900 You idiot. 718 00:35:19,987 --> 00:35:22,990 Baby, was that Amazon? 719 00:35:23,077 --> 00:35:25,384 I needed that LED mask, like, yesterday. 720 00:35:25,471 --> 00:35:29,170 Ha! Honey, they don't make LED strong enough. 721 00:35:29,257 --> 00:35:31,041 Lord, give me strength. 722 00:35:31,129 --> 00:35:34,219 Tommy, what is this bitch doing in my house? 723 00:35:34,306 --> 00:35:36,743 - She's my lawyer. - I'm not, actually. 724 00:35:36,830 --> 00:35:38,397 - Great. Then go. - Gladly. 725 00:35:38,484 --> 00:35:39,485 - Wait, Jocelyn. Hold on, hold on, please. 726 00:35:39,572 --> 00:35:41,226 Hang on. 727 00:35:41,313 --> 00:35:43,706 Honey, she's the best lawyer I know. 728 00:35:43,793 --> 00:35:45,230 We need her. 729 00:35:45,317 --> 00:35:46,927 You better believe we're talking 730 00:35:47,014 --> 00:35:48,363 to Dr. Kathy about this. 731 00:35:52,454 --> 00:35:54,369 Jocelyn, you got to help me out here. 732 00:35:54,456 --> 00:35:56,502 - You can't afford me. - Come on. 733 00:35:56,589 --> 00:35:59,592 My retainer is 50 grand. 734 00:35:59,679 --> 00:36:01,637 Jocelyn, listen... 735 00:36:01,724 --> 00:36:03,204 I'm boxed in. 736 00:36:03,291 --> 00:36:05,032 If I tell the truth to the grand jury, 737 00:36:05,119 --> 00:36:06,816 they're gonna kill me. 738 00:36:06,903 --> 00:36:09,776 - They don't kill you for this. They put you in prison. 739 00:36:09,863 --> 00:36:12,170 That's not what I meant. 740 00:36:12,257 --> 00:36:13,954 What are you into? 741 00:36:14,041 --> 00:36:15,390 I'll tell you everything 742 00:36:15,477 --> 00:36:18,219 once we have attorney-client privilege. 743 00:36:18,306 --> 00:36:20,526 Please, Julep. 744 00:36:20,613 --> 00:36:22,832 You got to be kidding me. 745 00:36:22,919 --> 00:36:26,401 You're broke, and she got one of these? 746 00:36:26,488 --> 00:36:29,317 Do you know what this costs? - Don't remind me. 747 00:36:29,404 --> 00:36:31,667 I still owe a fortune on that thing. 748 00:36:37,195 --> 00:36:40,981 Hey, hey, what are you doing? 749 00:36:41,068 --> 00:36:42,765 Taking my retainer. 750 00:36:42,852 --> 00:36:45,115 Come by in the morning. 751 00:36:45,203 --> 00:36:47,422 Lynette's gonna lose her shit. 752 00:36:47,509 --> 00:36:49,859 Well, tell it to Dr. Kathy. 753 00:36:56,344 --> 00:36:59,695 - Holy shit, it worked. - Victor? 754 00:36:59,782 --> 00:37:02,611 Hey, are you... are you okay? What happened to you? 755 00:37:02,698 --> 00:37:04,874 - I tried to send you a letter. They did not like that. 756 00:37:04,961 --> 00:37:06,920 Wait, they put their hands on you? 757 00:37:07,007 --> 00:37:08,443 Get a picture of him. - Yeah. 758 00:37:08,530 --> 00:37:10,140 I knew you were my guy. 759 00:37:10,228 --> 00:37:13,579 We've only got a day left to file an appeal. 760 00:37:13,666 --> 00:37:15,842 Now, Victor, I'm gonna ask you something. 761 00:37:15,929 --> 00:37:18,018 Are you telling us you're innocent? 762 00:37:18,105 --> 00:37:20,368 No, I definitely hacked the school network 763 00:37:20,455 --> 00:37:23,371 to Rickroll all the screens. 764 00:37:23,458 --> 00:37:25,068 I'm saying they tricked me. 765 00:37:25,155 --> 00:37:27,288 - Who did? How? 766 00:37:27,375 --> 00:37:28,637 Judge gives me some slimy lawyer 767 00:37:28,724 --> 00:37:30,073 who smelled like an air freshener. 768 00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:32,162 Louis V. Palermo. 769 00:37:32,250 --> 00:37:34,034 Yeah, and Judge tells me if I say I did it 770 00:37:34,121 --> 00:37:36,471 and sorry and all that, then I'll get a warning, so I did. 771 00:37:36,558 --> 00:37:38,168 Then all of a sudden, Judge crashes out, 772 00:37:38,256 --> 00:37:40,170 yelling cyber terrorist, gives me three years. 773 00:37:40,258 --> 00:37:42,477 And I'm in, like, literal shackles, bruh. 774 00:37:42,564 --> 00:37:45,654 - Hold on. What did... what did Palermo say? 775 00:37:45,741 --> 00:37:47,656 All right, you can go now. 776 00:37:47,743 --> 00:37:50,180 Hey, are these the guys who touched you? 777 00:37:50,268 --> 00:37:52,052 Hey, you can't obstruct his right to counsel. 778 00:37:52,139 --> 00:37:53,619 Suffredes is on behavior status. 779 00:37:53,706 --> 00:37:55,403 He gets no visitors. - Hey, take it easy! 780 00:37:55,490 --> 00:37:57,057 - Hey, he's a kid. Take it easy on him. 781 00:37:57,144 --> 00:37:58,711 Victor, I'm gonna file today. 782 00:37:58,798 --> 00:38:00,452 Hey, you, you want to say anything 783 00:38:00,539 --> 00:38:02,410 about those bruises on him? 784 00:38:02,497 --> 00:38:04,934 Who the hell do you think you are? 785 00:38:09,330 --> 00:38:10,940 I'm his lawyer. 786 00:38:16,946 --> 00:38:19,209 - All right, thank you. - Morning. 787 00:38:19,297 --> 00:38:22,212 - Yeah, I understand. I'll call you back, okay? 788 00:38:22,300 --> 00:38:23,997 We got boned. - That was fast. 789 00:38:24,084 --> 00:38:26,826 Who got boned? 790 00:38:26,913 --> 00:38:30,569 The, uh... the Victor Suffredes appeal got dismissed... 791 00:38:30,656 --> 00:38:31,961 technicality. 792 00:38:32,048 --> 00:38:33,223 You filed an appeal? 793 00:38:33,311 --> 00:38:34,790 You're not an appellate attorney. 794 00:38:34,877 --> 00:38:36,662 Well, deadline was today, so I had to file. 795 00:38:36,749 --> 00:38:40,143 Okay, at the risk of sounding like I approve any of this... 796 00:38:40,230 --> 00:38:42,798 why was it dismissed? 797 00:38:42,885 --> 00:38:45,323 We didn't get a signature from the guardian. 798 00:38:45,410 --> 00:38:47,107 Well, that's a hell of a technicality. 799 00:38:47,194 --> 00:38:48,717 Stepfather's a real charmer. 800 00:38:48,804 --> 00:38:50,458 You can't file on behalf of a minor 801 00:38:50,545 --> 00:38:52,199 without a legal guardian signing on. 802 00:38:52,286 --> 00:38:53,331 I thought it might slip by, okay? 803 00:38:53,418 --> 00:38:54,810 Come on, you know better than that. 804 00:38:54,897 --> 00:38:56,464 And not for nothing, 805 00:38:56,551 --> 00:38:58,336 but who did you think was gonna pay for this appeal? 806 00:38:58,423 --> 00:38:59,772 Who's paying for your ex-husband's criminal case? 807 00:38:59,859 --> 00:39:00,947 She got a handbag. 808 00:39:01,034 --> 00:39:02,340 Yeah, a very expensive handbag. 809 00:39:02,427 --> 00:39:03,515 You're kidding, right? 810 00:39:03,602 --> 00:39:04,951 It's worth more than your car. 811 00:39:05,038 --> 00:39:06,822 - You know what... - All right, guys, guys. 812 00:39:06,909 --> 00:39:08,650 Can we please just get back to the whole guardian thing? 813 00:39:08,737 --> 00:39:10,217 There's got to be a way around that, right? 814 00:39:10,304 --> 00:39:11,479 - There isn't. Sorry. 815 00:39:13,351 --> 00:39:14,569 Hi. 816 00:39:14,656 --> 00:39:15,918 - Oh, shit. - Oh, good. 817 00:39:16,005 --> 00:39:17,616 Oh, great. 818 00:39:17,703 --> 00:39:19,922 I don't know how we went from a whale to two fishes 819 00:39:20,009 --> 00:39:22,490 in three months, but here we are. 820 00:39:26,146 --> 00:39:29,062 - Goddamn, you look good. Can't be all natural, no way. 821 00:39:29,149 --> 00:39:30,759 - Face is mine. Tits are real. 822 00:39:30,846 --> 00:39:33,066 Ass is as tight as a snare drum. 823 00:39:33,153 --> 00:39:35,024 And you're not getting near any of it. 824 00:39:35,111 --> 00:39:36,635 Just making conversation. 825 00:39:36,722 --> 00:39:38,811 I just don't get it, okay? 826 00:39:38,898 --> 00:39:40,769 I mean, this guy's married to Victor's mom 827 00:39:40,856 --> 00:39:42,597 for all of, what, like, three years, 828 00:39:42,684 --> 00:39:44,599 and all of a sudden, he just gets to decide this kid's life? 829 00:39:44,686 --> 00:39:46,166 That's crazy. - It's the law. 830 00:39:46,253 --> 00:39:48,124 He's the legal guardian. 831 00:39:48,211 --> 00:39:50,388 It was just one game. 832 00:39:50,475 --> 00:39:53,042 I know it was stupid, but I really believe in this kid. 833 00:39:53,129 --> 00:39:54,957 And I don't want to see... - Hang on a second. 834 00:39:57,656 --> 00:39:59,527 I can't believe I'm about to help with this, 835 00:39:59,614 --> 00:40:01,224 but there might be a way. 836 00:40:01,311 --> 00:40:03,096 What is it? 837 00:40:03,183 --> 00:40:05,533 A section 1983 action. 838 00:40:05,620 --> 00:40:07,840 - A civil suit? - To get Victor out? 839 00:40:07,927 --> 00:40:09,581 Followed by a petition for habeas corpus. 840 00:40:09,668 --> 00:40:12,410 Well, a Section 1983 is "stop abusing me." 841 00:40:12,497 --> 00:40:14,324 That's how we get paid. 842 00:40:14,412 --> 00:40:16,065 Habeas is "get me out of here." 843 00:40:16,152 --> 00:40:18,503 Yeah, but don't we still have the problem of the guardian? 844 00:40:18,590 --> 00:40:20,026 - No. - No, 'cause in a civil case, 845 00:40:20,113 --> 00:40:21,984 you can get a guardian ad litem. 846 00:40:22,071 --> 00:40:23,986 Court-appointed guardian for the purposes of the case. 847 00:40:24,073 --> 00:40:26,032 But only if the minor doesn't have a guardian, right? 848 00:40:26,119 --> 00:40:27,773 Wrong. 849 00:40:27,860 --> 00:40:29,557 Also if the current guardian isn't protecting 850 00:40:29,644 --> 00:40:31,211 the minor's interests. - Definitely not. 851 00:40:31,298 --> 00:40:32,865 Court allows the attorney 852 00:40:32,952 --> 00:40:36,346 to submit a guardian ad litem for approval. 853 00:40:36,434 --> 00:40:39,001 Well, who are we gonna get for that? 854 00:40:53,799 --> 00:40:55,844 What you smiling about? 855 00:41:01,197 --> 00:41:03,461 No, we're not accepting the tolling agreement. 856 00:41:03,548 --> 00:41:05,593 If they want to extend the statute, they can file. 857 00:41:05,680 --> 00:41:07,943 - Understood. Thank you, Ms. Vonn. 858 00:41:08,030 --> 00:41:10,076 Kid's name is Victor Suffredes, 859 00:41:10,163 --> 00:41:12,905 12 years old, one of Judge Halloran's cases. 860 00:41:12,992 --> 00:41:16,604 They filed a Section 1983 claim and a habeas petition. 861 00:41:16,691 --> 00:41:20,129 - Who's the attorney? - Rudy Baylor. 862 00:41:20,216 --> 00:41:22,175 He's the kid who won the Great Benefit ca... 863 00:41:22,262 --> 00:41:23,437 I know who he is. 864 00:41:34,187 --> 00:41:35,536 Hello? 865 00:41:35,623 --> 00:41:37,538 It's Amanda Vonn. 866 00:41:37,625 --> 00:41:40,280 I put in a call to Leo Drummond. 867 00:41:40,367 --> 00:41:41,847 What did he say? 868 00:41:41,934 --> 00:41:44,066 That you're an opportunist. 869 00:41:44,153 --> 00:41:45,415 Oh. 870 00:41:45,503 --> 00:41:47,113 But that I'd be hard-pressed 871 00:41:47,200 --> 00:41:49,507 to find a more tenacious attorney. 872 00:41:49,594 --> 00:41:51,334 My office will call you to set a meeting. 873 00:41:51,421 --> 00:41:54,207 Wow. Um... 874 00:41:54,294 --> 00:41:55,991 Hello?