1 00:00:11,103 --> 00:00:12,713 ♪ I know ♪ 2 00:00:14,802 --> 00:00:16,891 ♪ The only way out is through ♪ 3 00:00:16,978 --> 00:00:19,067 ♪ The only way out is... ♪ 4 00:00:19,154 --> 00:00:20,982 ♪ If this is the way that it must be done ♪ 5 00:00:21,069 --> 00:00:22,810 ♪ I'm doing it the best, and trust me, son ♪ 6 00:00:24,812 --> 00:00:26,509 ♪ With a switchblade and a rusty gun ♪ 7 00:00:26,596 --> 00:00:28,076 ♪ Doing this forever, you've just begun ♪ 8 00:00:30,339 --> 00:00:33,560 ♪ Metaphors, similes, jokes, and puns... ♪ 9 00:00:33,647 --> 00:00:36,780 "Dear Mr. Baylor, my name is Victor Suffredes. 10 00:00:36,867 --> 00:00:38,521 "I saw you on TV. 11 00:00:38,608 --> 00:00:41,524 "You won a big lawsuit against that hospital. 12 00:00:41,611 --> 00:00:46,138 "You're a good lawyer, and I need a good lawyer. 13 00:00:46,225 --> 00:00:48,053 "I don't belong in this place. 14 00:00:48,140 --> 00:00:50,098 Bad things happen here." 15 00:00:50,185 --> 00:00:52,187 Is it darker than last night? 16 00:00:52,274 --> 00:00:53,971 This place messes with your head. 17 00:00:56,409 --> 00:00:58,454 How long did you say you've been here? 18 00:00:58,541 --> 00:01:00,891 A few weeks. I've been trying to get a new lawyer. 19 00:01:00,978 --> 00:01:02,893 If it works out, I'll hook you up. 20 00:01:05,592 --> 00:01:08,203 Oh, shit. 21 00:01:10,118 --> 00:01:12,773 Which one of you is Victor? 22 00:01:12,860 --> 00:01:14,340 Right here. 23 00:01:17,386 --> 00:01:19,301 Why don't you get out of bed, Victor? 24 00:01:21,651 --> 00:01:23,697 What'd I do? 25 00:01:34,925 --> 00:01:37,058 Nobody's coming for you. 26 00:01:50,550 --> 00:01:54,858 "Please help me, Mr. Baylor. Sincerely, Victor Suffredes." 27 00:02:12,354 --> 00:02:15,357 Now that the voir dire is behind us, 28 00:02:15,444 --> 00:02:17,533 we've turned our focus to the opening statement 29 00:02:17,620 --> 00:02:19,622 and our first six witnesses. 30 00:02:19,709 --> 00:02:22,538 - Uh, is Mr. Baylor joining us? - No, he's working on-- 31 00:02:22,625 --> 00:02:24,801 This is supposed to be a status meeting, isn't it? 32 00:02:24,888 --> 00:02:27,674 And we are giving you a status report. 33 00:02:27,761 --> 00:02:31,199 Shoparoo Markets clearly has a flimsy case. 34 00:02:31,286 --> 00:02:32,983 They are infringing on your brand. 35 00:02:33,070 --> 00:02:35,682 I mean, and, clearly, a Mellomar is not a Mallomar. 36 00:02:35,769 --> 00:02:39,076 And I got to tell you, the two formative moments in my life 37 00:02:39,164 --> 00:02:41,818 were the first time I bit into a Mallomar 38 00:02:41,905 --> 00:02:44,081 and the first time I bit into Jamie Pedulla. 39 00:02:44,169 --> 00:02:45,561 She was my next-door neighbor. 40 00:02:45,648 --> 00:02:48,303 Ms. Stone, let me be frank. 41 00:02:48,390 --> 00:02:51,045 We took a big risk hiring your firm. 42 00:02:51,132 --> 00:02:52,829 You've never had a case like this before. 43 00:02:52,916 --> 00:02:55,441 In fact, three months ago, we never even knew you existed. 44 00:02:55,528 --> 00:02:58,095 Then Mr. Baylor had his, well, very impressive victory 45 00:02:58,183 --> 00:02:59,749 in the Great Benefit case-- 46 00:02:59,836 --> 00:03:01,621 Just as it probably takes more than one person 47 00:03:01,708 --> 00:03:03,579 to make your cookies, 48 00:03:03,666 --> 00:03:06,234 it was a team effort to win that case. 49 00:03:06,321 --> 00:03:10,282 Well, the question remains, where's Mr. Baylor? 50 00:03:10,369 --> 00:03:12,109 Doing what you're paying him for. 51 00:03:12,197 --> 00:03:13,850 Working on his opening. 52 00:03:13,937 --> 00:03:15,765 ♪ I was saved by the graces ♪ 53 00:03:15,852 --> 00:03:17,463 ♪ I was saved by love ♪ 54 00:03:19,682 --> 00:03:22,337 ♪ I found a friend in you ♪ 55 00:03:24,470 --> 00:03:26,559 Rudy, I want to thank you again 56 00:03:26,646 --> 00:03:28,082 for coming out with us today. 57 00:03:28,169 --> 00:03:30,127 We've wanted to meet you for a while now. 58 00:03:30,215 --> 00:03:32,347 I'm excited to tell you why J. Lyman Stone 59 00:03:32,434 --> 00:03:34,567 is the perfect firm for Fletcher Kincaid 60 00:03:34,654 --> 00:03:37,831 to outsource any legal work in South Carolina. 61 00:03:37,918 --> 00:03:39,702 What does he mean, "legal work"? 62 00:03:39,789 --> 00:03:42,314 Rudy, we invited you here for a different reason. 63 00:03:42,401 --> 00:03:44,490 We are offering you a position. 64 00:03:44,577 --> 00:03:47,449 "A-a position"? I don't understand. 65 00:03:47,536 --> 00:03:49,495 We want you to consider moving to Nashville. 66 00:03:49,582 --> 00:03:51,366 We want you to come work with us. 67 00:03:51,453 --> 00:03:53,368 If you're as sought-after as Peter says, 68 00:03:53,455 --> 00:03:55,718 I'm sure you've been courted by other firms. 69 00:03:55,805 --> 00:03:58,591 But they're not Fletcher, Kincaid, Brown and O'Brien. 70 00:03:58,678 --> 00:04:00,593 I really appreciate this. 71 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:02,508 But I'm very happy where I am. 72 00:04:02,595 --> 00:04:04,161 Highly unlikely. 73 00:04:04,249 --> 00:04:05,641 Rudy, we know you're close 74 00:04:05,728 --> 00:04:07,730 with Ms. Stone and Mr. Shifflett, 75 00:04:07,817 --> 00:04:09,689 but we're also aware your firm's struggling a bit. 76 00:04:09,776 --> 00:04:11,386 We just won $80 million. 77 00:04:11,473 --> 00:04:13,040 I wouldn't say we're struggling. 78 00:04:13,127 --> 00:04:14,520 That money is tied up on appeal. 79 00:04:14,607 --> 00:04:16,043 And your Nabisco case should settle quickly. 80 00:04:16,130 --> 00:04:17,566 I don't think so. 81 00:04:17,653 --> 00:04:19,394 And we think the damages will be significant. 82 00:04:19,481 --> 00:04:21,266 Can't get blood from that turnip. 83 00:04:21,353 --> 00:04:23,485 Oh, you'll get your hourly, short a few hundred hours. 84 00:04:23,572 --> 00:04:25,879 Probably not what someone like you is looking for. 85 00:04:25,966 --> 00:04:27,968 With the right firm behind you, 86 00:04:28,055 --> 00:04:29,839 you could be a rainmaker. 87 00:04:29,926 --> 00:04:32,668 If I may, Forest, Rudy already is a rainmaker, 88 00:04:32,755 --> 00:04:34,714 aren't you, Rudy? 89 00:04:34,801 --> 00:04:35,976 Ducks! 90 00:04:44,506 --> 00:04:47,248 - Any greeting cards? - Birthday or get-well? 91 00:04:47,335 --> 00:04:48,989 Same price. 92 00:04:49,076 --> 00:04:51,513 Birthday. 93 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:53,559 Whose birthday is it? 94 00:04:53,646 --> 00:04:55,038 Pink? 95 00:04:55,125 --> 00:04:57,389 Blue is sold out. 96 00:05:01,610 --> 00:05:03,351 Delphine! 97 00:05:03,438 --> 00:05:06,223 I said no power tools! 98 00:05:06,311 --> 00:05:08,748 Listen, I told them! I-I'll tell them again! 99 00:05:08,835 --> 00:05:12,708 Ugh. Guys, guys, the boss is going crazy. Come on. 100 00:05:12,795 --> 00:05:15,537 Whoo! We got some wild ones. 101 00:05:15,624 --> 00:05:17,931 So this woman wants to sue a deli over a toenail 102 00:05:18,018 --> 00:05:19,976 she found in her potato salad. 103 00:05:20,063 --> 00:05:21,761 How'd she know it was a toenail? 104 00:05:21,848 --> 00:05:23,806 Oh, wait, it was a toe. I read it wrong. 105 00:05:23,893 --> 00:05:26,156 Ew. - Ew. 106 00:05:26,243 --> 00:05:28,245 Hey. 107 00:05:28,333 --> 00:05:29,856 You're supposed to be working on your opening. 108 00:05:29,943 --> 00:05:31,814 Where you been? 109 00:05:31,901 --> 00:05:35,209 Uh, duck hunting. 110 00:05:35,296 --> 00:05:37,994 "Duck hunting"? With who? 111 00:05:38,081 --> 00:05:40,910 Just, uh, some guys from Fletcher Kincaid. 112 00:05:40,997 --> 00:05:42,695 - Is that so? - Come on. 113 00:05:42,782 --> 00:05:44,827 They're one of the biggest firms in Nashville. 114 00:05:44,914 --> 00:05:47,264 I thought maybe they wanted to subcontract with us. 115 00:05:47,352 --> 00:05:49,223 You think they took you duck hunting 116 00:05:49,310 --> 00:05:51,225 because they're looking for an LPO shop? 117 00:05:51,312 --> 00:05:53,270 - Legal process outsourcing. - Yeah, I know what that means. 118 00:05:53,358 --> 00:05:54,489 Okay. 119 00:05:54,576 --> 00:05:56,230 They were trying to poach you. 120 00:05:56,317 --> 00:05:57,753 - No, absolutely not. - Oh, stop. 121 00:05:57,840 --> 00:05:59,799 You smell like duck shit and betrayal. 122 00:05:59,886 --> 00:06:01,757 And while you were out playing Bear Grylls, 123 00:06:01,844 --> 00:06:03,933 we were giving Nabisco the hand job 124 00:06:04,020 --> 00:06:05,195 they expected from you. 125 00:06:05,282 --> 00:06:06,980 Did they make you an offer? 126 00:06:07,067 --> 00:06:09,417 No. 127 00:06:09,504 --> 00:06:12,333 Yes. They offered me partner. 128 00:06:12,420 --> 00:06:15,902 Partner. At 26--that's crazy. 129 00:06:15,989 --> 00:06:18,121 - That's what I've been saying. - I'm proud of you, boo-boo. 130 00:06:18,208 --> 00:06:19,862 Why is that crazy? 131 00:06:21,734 --> 00:06:24,301 Look, I'm building you an office, aren't I? 132 00:06:24,389 --> 00:06:26,303 Hold on. We are building me an office. 133 00:06:26,391 --> 00:06:28,349 Why can't I be partner? - You can be. 134 00:06:28,436 --> 00:06:30,351 But not a year out of law school and after just one case. 135 00:06:30,438 --> 00:06:32,179 Ah, two. We have Nabisco now. 136 00:06:32,266 --> 00:06:33,659 Thrilling. 137 00:06:33,746 --> 00:06:35,704 Hey, you wanted that case, too. 138 00:06:35,791 --> 00:06:37,663 "No more hospital trolling" is what you said, remember? 139 00:06:37,750 --> 00:06:39,012 Yes, I remember. 140 00:06:39,099 --> 00:06:40,927 Okay, well, then try to remember 141 00:06:41,014 --> 00:06:42,842 that Nabisco is paying for the Great Benefit appeal, 142 00:06:42,929 --> 00:06:46,672 not to mention the lease on your bar. 143 00:06:46,759 --> 00:06:48,848 Rudy, be happy. 144 00:06:48,935 --> 00:06:51,024 You got a giant case, and it was everything you wanted. 145 00:06:51,111 --> 00:06:53,418 - Except the money. - Shut up. 146 00:06:53,505 --> 00:06:55,420 I'm trying to keep the lights on here, all right? 147 00:06:55,507 --> 00:06:57,944 Fletcher Kincaid thinks I'm partner material. 148 00:06:58,031 --> 00:07:00,381 Fletcher Kincaid thinks you're a celebrity. 149 00:07:00,468 --> 00:07:02,427 They're using you. 150 00:07:02,514 --> 00:07:05,125 Now, while that can sound fun on a Saturday night, 151 00:07:05,212 --> 00:07:07,649 by Sunday morning, you'll just want to wash the sheets. 152 00:07:15,657 --> 00:07:17,659 You do know ducks mate for life, right? 153 00:07:17,746 --> 00:07:19,574 So you might have murdered someone's husband. 154 00:07:19,661 --> 00:07:20,793 You're gonna have to live with that. 155 00:07:26,015 --> 00:07:27,800 What's the next number? 156 00:07:27,887 --> 00:07:30,150 Five. 157 00:07:30,237 --> 00:07:32,369 What's this for? 158 00:07:32,457 --> 00:07:35,590 Just trying to get a message past those dicks. 159 00:07:35,677 --> 00:07:37,592 Is this gonna get you in more trouble? 160 00:07:37,679 --> 00:07:39,420 It's gonna get me out of here... 161 00:07:39,507 --> 00:07:41,030 hopefully. 162 00:07:44,251 --> 00:07:46,558 She rarely gives interviews, 163 00:07:46,645 --> 00:07:48,473 no press gaggles on the courthouse steps 164 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:50,866 and no social-media presence. 165 00:07:50,953 --> 00:07:54,566 Yet her string of high-profile courtroom victories 166 00:07:54,653 --> 00:07:57,394 is the envy of every attorney in this room. 167 00:07:57,482 --> 00:07:59,962 Please help me welcome this year's recipient 168 00:08:00,049 --> 00:08:03,313 of the Palmetto Award for Excellence in Advocacy, 169 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:06,403 the incomparable Amanda Vonn. 170 00:08:10,799 --> 00:08:12,497 Lovely to have you. - Thank you, Steve. 171 00:08:14,281 --> 00:08:16,762 Good afternoon. 172 00:08:16,849 --> 00:08:18,764 Ms. Vonn... 173 00:08:18,851 --> 00:08:21,897 people say a good litigator is a good orator, 174 00:08:21,984 --> 00:08:24,639 one who can hammer words into swords 175 00:08:24,726 --> 00:08:27,294 and weaponize the English language. 176 00:08:27,381 --> 00:08:29,688 Do you find that to be true? 177 00:08:29,775 --> 00:08:34,127 What is the world's most patented invention? 178 00:08:34,214 --> 00:08:36,651 The mousetrap. 179 00:08:36,738 --> 00:08:39,698 Dating back over 4,000 years, it's remarkably simple-- 180 00:08:39,785 --> 00:08:42,788 bait, trigger, strike. 181 00:08:42,875 --> 00:08:45,268 The perfect example of stored energy, 182 00:08:45,355 --> 00:08:49,534 it sits there in silence... 183 00:08:49,621 --> 00:08:53,146 no showmanship, no argument, 184 00:08:53,233 --> 00:08:55,452 no need to announce its presence. 185 00:08:55,540 --> 00:08:57,933 In fact, it does its best work in total darkness. 186 00:08:58,020 --> 00:09:00,153 It simply... 187 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:02,111 waits, 188 00:09:02,198 --> 00:09:05,941 holding its power in reserve until the very last instant. 189 00:09:06,028 --> 00:09:08,291 And then... 190 00:09:08,378 --> 00:09:11,556 without warning... 191 00:09:11,643 --> 00:09:14,776 it fulfills its purpose with deadly efficiency. 192 00:09:14,863 --> 00:09:16,430 Do I think a good litigator 193 00:09:16,517 --> 00:09:18,258 knows how to weaponize language? 194 00:09:21,261 --> 00:09:23,219 Perhaps. 195 00:09:23,306 --> 00:09:26,527 But that is not her most vital talent. 196 00:09:26,614 --> 00:09:30,052 What is? 197 00:09:30,139 --> 00:09:31,793 Knowing when to strike. 198 00:09:41,673 --> 00:09:45,851 That QandA was like a Nyotaimori Experience... 199 00:09:45,938 --> 00:09:48,854 you know, where they serve sushi on a naked woman. 200 00:09:48,941 --> 00:09:50,246 I'm aware. 201 00:09:52,814 --> 00:09:55,251 Don't look up. Sushi eater at 2 o'clock. 202 00:09:55,338 --> 00:09:57,514 Ms. Vonn, I enjoyed the interview so-- 203 00:09:57,602 --> 00:09:59,516 Ms. Vonn isn't taking any more questions. 204 00:10:01,954 --> 00:10:04,304 What time did you set that meeting? 205 00:10:04,391 --> 00:10:06,698 Ms. Vonn, if I could just-- if I could steal you 206 00:10:06,785 --> 00:10:08,264 for a moment. - It's all right. 207 00:10:08,351 --> 00:10:10,963 Megan is my paralegal. Careful, she bites. 208 00:10:11,050 --> 00:10:13,400 So you've been calling my office, Ms. Plankmore. 209 00:10:13,487 --> 00:10:14,967 Um, you know my name? 210 00:10:15,054 --> 00:10:16,751 Well, I appreciate what you've been going through 211 00:10:16,838 --> 00:10:18,405 since Great Benefit. - Well, the jury got it wrong. 212 00:10:18,492 --> 00:10:20,537 There's an appeal in process. 213 00:10:20,625 --> 00:10:22,627 Look, Ms. Vonn, I think I would be 214 00:10:22,714 --> 00:10:25,325 an asset to your firm. 215 00:10:25,412 --> 00:10:28,676 If I could--if I could just-- - This is where you listen. 216 00:10:28,763 --> 00:10:32,985 Life leaves fingerprints, darling. 217 00:10:33,072 --> 00:10:34,682 Your colleague Brad Noonan is in prison. 218 00:10:34,769 --> 00:10:36,466 Your client has been indicted, 219 00:10:36,553 --> 00:10:38,686 followed soon after by my dear friend Leo Drummond. 220 00:10:38,773 --> 00:10:40,557 But you... 221 00:10:40,645 --> 00:10:42,472 you somehow emerged without a scratch. 222 00:10:44,779 --> 00:10:46,999 Because I did nothing wrong. 223 00:10:47,086 --> 00:10:48,609 You believe the fact that you weren't indicted 224 00:10:48,696 --> 00:10:51,351 is exculpatory. 225 00:10:51,438 --> 00:10:53,527 Everyone else thinks it's because you cooperated. 226 00:10:53,614 --> 00:10:54,876 No, that's--that's-- 227 00:10:54,963 --> 00:10:56,791 Perhaps the reason why you're so toxic 228 00:10:56,878 --> 00:10:58,401 isn't the result of a spectacular loss 229 00:10:58,488 --> 00:11:00,577 in your one and only case. 230 00:11:00,665 --> 00:11:03,624 Perhaps it's because you can't be trusted. 231 00:11:08,673 --> 00:11:11,066 That's the sound of a mousetrap snapping. 232 00:11:16,202 --> 00:11:18,595 J. Lyman Stone and Associates. 233 00:11:18,683 --> 00:11:22,251 Mr. Baylor's not in at the moment, no. 234 00:11:22,338 --> 00:11:24,863 I can leave him a message, if you'd like. 235 00:11:24,950 --> 00:11:26,299 Hey, let me ask you something. 236 00:11:26,386 --> 00:11:28,127 Hmm? 237 00:11:28,214 --> 00:11:30,129 Why don't you just make the kid a partner? 238 00:11:30,216 --> 00:11:31,870 Because it's not always a great thing 239 00:11:31,957 --> 00:11:33,698 to get what you want the minute you want it. 240 00:11:33,785 --> 00:11:35,482 But we could lose him. 241 00:11:35,569 --> 00:11:37,179 If he goes to another Trent-and-Brent, 242 00:11:37,266 --> 00:11:39,094 he'll be back in a month. - I'm not so sure. 243 00:11:39,181 --> 00:11:41,357 Why is he so restless, anyway? 244 00:11:41,444 --> 00:11:43,838 Because he wants to do something meaningful. 245 00:11:43,925 --> 00:11:45,840 You know I can hear everything 246 00:11:45,927 --> 00:11:47,842 you guys are saying, right? 247 00:11:47,929 --> 00:11:49,801 Yeah, our address is on our website. 248 00:11:49,888 --> 00:11:51,498 Um, I'm looking for Bruiser. 249 00:11:51,585 --> 00:11:53,152 Relax, would you? 250 00:11:53,239 --> 00:11:56,459 It's nothing I haven't said to your face. 251 00:11:56,546 --> 00:11:59,419 Holy shit. - What? 252 00:11:59,506 --> 00:12:00,986 Oh, boy. 253 00:12:01,073 --> 00:12:02,988 What the hell is he doing here? 254 00:12:03,075 --> 00:12:05,120 Hey, Julep. 255 00:12:05,207 --> 00:12:07,993 - Who's that? - My ex-husband. 256 00:12:12,954 --> 00:12:15,652 - You couldn't call first? - You blocked my number. 257 00:12:15,740 --> 00:12:17,002 Remember? - I had to. 258 00:12:17,089 --> 00:12:18,655 Every time you'd call, 259 00:12:18,743 --> 00:12:20,832 I'd get rage texts from your stripper wife. 260 00:12:20,919 --> 00:12:23,008 That was a long time ago. And Lynette's not a stripper. 261 00:12:23,095 --> 00:12:24,705 She's Channel 4's chief meteorologist. 262 00:12:24,792 --> 00:12:26,185 Oh, right. 263 00:12:26,272 --> 00:12:28,753 Strippers provide an actual service to society. 264 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:30,537 She tells people when it's gonna rain. 265 00:12:30,624 --> 00:12:31,886 - Mm. - So does Alexa! 266 00:12:31,973 --> 00:12:33,366 Oldest story in the book, Rudy. 267 00:12:33,453 --> 00:12:34,933 Boy meets girl. 268 00:12:35,020 --> 00:12:36,891 Boy gets drafted to the big leagues. 269 00:12:36,978 --> 00:12:38,893 Boy dumps her for bikini-model- turned-weather-girl. 270 00:12:38,980 --> 00:12:40,634 - What are you doing? - What you mean? 271 00:12:40,721 --> 00:12:42,462 What does it look like I'm doing? 272 00:12:42,549 --> 00:12:43,985 You know everybody studies for the bar online these days. 273 00:12:44,072 --> 00:12:45,378 "Online"? What are you talking about? 274 00:12:45,465 --> 00:12:46,945 I'm orally inclined. It works for me. 275 00:12:47,032 --> 00:12:48,468 Literally, it doesn't. 276 00:12:48,555 --> 00:12:50,165 Let's start over. Congrats. 277 00:12:50,252 --> 00:12:51,906 On what? 278 00:12:51,993 --> 00:12:53,342 The big case. I saw it on the news. 279 00:12:53,429 --> 00:12:54,866 You did good. 280 00:12:54,953 --> 00:12:57,259 And you look good. - Oh, cut the shit, Tom. 281 00:12:57,346 --> 00:12:59,131 I can't help you, 282 00:12:59,218 --> 00:13:02,221 even if I wanted to, which I definitely do not. 283 00:13:02,308 --> 00:13:05,006 The money's all tied up in big words you wouldn't understand. 284 00:13:05,093 --> 00:13:06,399 I don't need money this time. 285 00:13:10,098 --> 00:13:12,840 I need a lawyer. 286 00:13:12,927 --> 00:13:15,234 - I got mail, lots of it. - Oh! 287 00:13:15,321 --> 00:13:17,627 Thank you, Delphine. 288 00:13:17,714 --> 00:13:18,977 Chocolate on your fingers. 289 00:13:19,064 --> 00:13:21,675 Yeah, I'm saving it for later. 290 00:13:21,762 --> 00:13:23,590 I like her. - Yeah, me too. 291 00:13:23,677 --> 00:13:25,418 Right? 292 00:13:30,858 --> 00:13:32,294 Been there. 293 00:13:40,650 --> 00:13:42,739 Oh, look at this one. 294 00:13:42,827 --> 00:13:44,872 It's from your nephew. - I don't have a nephew. 295 00:13:44,959 --> 00:13:46,874 Uh, well, apparently you do. 296 00:13:46,961 --> 00:13:48,745 And maybe if you were a little more involved, 297 00:13:48,833 --> 00:13:50,443 little Victor here wouldn't be in juvie prison. 298 00:13:50,530 --> 00:13:52,314 You know how many of these letters I've been getting? 299 00:13:52,401 --> 00:13:54,186 Yeah, I like to read them on the can. 300 00:13:54,273 --> 00:13:57,102 "Dear Uncle Rudy, how's life? 301 00:13:57,189 --> 00:14:01,193 Pen's not easy. Maybe I'll get used to it." 302 00:14:01,280 --> 00:14:04,065 "I've been working on my jump shot, just like you taught me. 303 00:14:04,152 --> 00:14:05,937 "Happy birthday. 304 00:14:06,024 --> 00:14:07,939 A dollar is worth more than meets the eye." 305 00:14:08,026 --> 00:14:10,071 That's some sage advice, my friend. 306 00:14:10,158 --> 00:14:12,291 This could be a 60-year-old man, for all we know. 307 00:14:12,378 --> 00:14:15,642 It's stamped "Medford Juvenile Detention." 308 00:14:15,729 --> 00:14:17,905 This kid's my best arm. 309 00:14:17,992 --> 00:14:20,647 He's been pumping cheddar since the day we signed him. 310 00:14:20,734 --> 00:14:22,692 He could go to The Show someday if he's not ruined by this. 311 00:14:22,779 --> 00:14:24,346 Or a torn ACL. 312 00:14:24,433 --> 00:14:26,000 UCL. Low blow. 313 00:14:26,087 --> 00:14:28,133 He's a good kid, Julep. 314 00:14:28,220 --> 00:14:30,309 Call me that again, and it will be a torn ACL. 315 00:14:32,789 --> 00:14:35,314 All right, so this kid... 316 00:14:35,401 --> 00:14:37,664 he wake up with a dead hooker in his bed? 317 00:14:37,751 --> 00:14:39,318 He might have thrown a game. 318 00:14:39,405 --> 00:14:41,102 Minor-league game, minor-league crime. 319 00:14:41,189 --> 00:14:43,148 Who gives a shit? - Oh, you'd be surprised. 320 00:14:43,235 --> 00:14:45,367 All the online betting, there's a lot of action 321 00:14:45,454 --> 00:14:46,934 down in the bush leagues. - So wait a second. 322 00:14:47,021 --> 00:14:48,675 You want me to defend some hotshot kid 323 00:14:48,762 --> 00:14:51,504 who cheated on his own team? 324 00:14:51,591 --> 00:14:53,810 Are you not seeing the irony here? 325 00:14:53,898 --> 00:14:56,378 Listen, Bruiser... 326 00:14:56,465 --> 00:14:58,467 this kid's special. 327 00:14:58,554 --> 00:15:00,730 He's not like me. 328 00:15:00,817 --> 00:15:03,733 What's in a name? 329 00:15:03,820 --> 00:15:06,475 Fighting, fighting, fighting for your name. 330 00:15:06,562 --> 00:15:09,304 I don't know. It feels like I'm swimming here. 331 00:15:09,391 --> 00:15:12,394 "A dollar is worth more than meets the eye." 332 00:15:12,481 --> 00:15:15,354 It's just strange--a kid pretending to be your nephew 333 00:15:15,441 --> 00:15:17,704 sends you a birthday card from prison. 334 00:15:17,791 --> 00:15:19,836 Trademark infringement, product confusion. 335 00:15:22,796 --> 00:15:24,276 Who's gonna even care? 336 00:15:24,363 --> 00:15:26,495 Unless he couldn't send you a normal letter. 337 00:15:26,582 --> 00:15:28,584 Hey, what's that thing that Aristotle said 338 00:15:28,671 --> 00:15:30,891 about knowing thyself? - "Aristotle"? 339 00:15:30,978 --> 00:15:33,067 Are you trying to blow this case? 340 00:15:33,154 --> 00:15:35,156 I'm trying to make it mean something, 341 00:15:35,243 --> 00:15:38,072 more than just money. 342 00:15:38,159 --> 00:15:39,856 - Maybe this kids a puzzler. - What do you mean? 343 00:15:39,944 --> 00:15:41,597 Well, in the puzzler world, 344 00:15:41,684 --> 00:15:44,339 that's what we call a signifier, i.e. a clue. 345 00:15:44,426 --> 00:15:48,604 - "The puzzler world"? - I contain multitudes. 346 00:15:48,691 --> 00:15:53,392 Tom, do you know how I got to Milwaukee? 347 00:15:53,479 --> 00:15:56,961 I sold my mother's watch for a plane ticket 348 00:15:57,048 --> 00:16:00,529 so I can see my man pitch his first major-league game. 349 00:16:00,616 --> 00:16:04,098 Called you as I was hustling my way into the locker room 350 00:16:04,185 --> 00:16:06,187 so you would think that I was still at school. 351 00:16:06,274 --> 00:16:08,624 And I round the corner, and there you are... 352 00:16:08,711 --> 00:16:11,758 on the phone, telling me how much you miss me 353 00:16:11,845 --> 00:16:15,109 and how much you love me... 354 00:16:15,196 --> 00:16:17,329 all while getting blown by Lynette 355 00:16:17,416 --> 00:16:21,115 on a goddamn massage table. 356 00:16:21,202 --> 00:16:22,856 That's a long time to hold a grudge. 357 00:16:22,943 --> 00:16:25,511 Oh, a 20-year grudge isn't old. 358 00:16:25,598 --> 00:16:27,992 It's vintage... 359 00:16:28,079 --> 00:16:30,690 ready to be decanted. 360 00:16:30,777 --> 00:16:33,258 Now get out. 361 00:16:41,918 --> 00:16:43,485 - Hey, Deck. - Up yours, Tom. 362 00:16:43,572 --> 00:16:45,226 Good talk. 363 00:16:45,313 --> 00:16:48,273 All right, guys, I think I cracked it. 364 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:51,450 - Got an opening argument? - Yeah, I think so. 365 00:16:51,537 --> 00:16:54,975 Oh, dude. 366 00:16:55,062 --> 00:16:56,933 More than meets the eye. 367 00:16:57,021 --> 00:16:59,153 What are you blathering on about? 368 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:01,155 The dollar's the cipher, the serial number, right? 369 00:17:01,242 --> 00:17:03,157 So this little genius wrote us a letter 370 00:17:03,244 --> 00:17:05,855 specifically based on this number. 371 00:17:09,250 --> 00:17:12,471 Okay, look, so each number corresponds 372 00:17:12,558 --> 00:17:14,951 to a specific word in the letter, right? 373 00:17:15,039 --> 00:17:17,302 So the first number is four. 374 00:17:17,389 --> 00:17:20,783 The fourth word is "how," first letter of which is H. 375 00:17:20,870 --> 00:17:22,655 The next number is eight. 376 00:17:22,742 --> 00:17:26,050 Eighth word is "easy," first letter, E. 377 00:17:26,137 --> 00:17:29,227 Next is five. The fifth word is "life," L. 378 00:17:29,314 --> 00:17:31,490 Then we have the sixth word, which is "pen." 379 00:17:31,577 --> 00:17:33,231 Then the ninth number is "maybe," M. 380 00:17:33,318 --> 00:17:35,494 And then the last number is eight, 381 00:17:35,581 --> 00:17:37,757 so we're back to our "easy," E. 382 00:17:37,844 --> 00:17:39,628 - "Help me." - I'll be damned. 383 00:17:39,715 --> 00:17:41,282 Why would he go to all that trouble? 384 00:17:41,369 --> 00:17:42,849 'Cause they're reading his mail and... 385 00:17:42,936 --> 00:17:45,417 - He's scared. - Yes. 386 00:17:52,728 --> 00:17:55,079 - Shakedown! - Get up! 387 00:17:55,166 --> 00:17:57,211 Let's go, let's go, let's go! 388 00:17:57,298 --> 00:18:00,084 Everybody up now! 389 00:18:00,171 --> 00:18:02,086 Facility-wide safety check is in progress. 390 00:18:02,173 --> 00:18:06,002 Follow the staff instructions. 391 00:18:06,090 --> 00:18:08,222 Let's go, let's go, let's go! 392 00:18:08,309 --> 00:18:11,747 Hell, that's the third one this week. 393 00:18:11,834 --> 00:18:14,576 - What am I gonna do with this? - A toothbrush shiv? 394 00:18:14,663 --> 00:18:16,100 Who told you to make that-- some guy on Reddit? 395 00:18:16,187 --> 00:18:17,710 I can't go in the hole. 396 00:18:17,797 --> 00:18:19,494 Relax, that's not gonna happen. 397 00:18:19,581 --> 00:18:21,366 Watch this. 398 00:18:24,195 --> 00:18:26,153 - How'd you do that? - Magic. 399 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:27,676 Let's go, gentlemen. 400 00:18:27,763 --> 00:18:29,722 Come on, let's go. - Get up. 401 00:18:32,855 --> 00:18:35,902 You hiding something there, huh? 402 00:18:35,989 --> 00:18:37,773 What the hell is this? 403 00:18:37,860 --> 00:18:41,081 I told my dentist I'd brush. 404 00:18:41,168 --> 00:18:43,214 You know what this is? 405 00:18:43,301 --> 00:18:45,085 Looks like another six months to me. 406 00:18:53,224 --> 00:18:56,183 This is a story about David and Goliath. 407 00:18:56,270 --> 00:18:59,186 You know, it takes courage to pick up that stone 408 00:18:59,273 --> 00:19:02,189 and say, no more. 409 00:19:02,276 --> 00:19:05,975 And today that courage belongs to Nabisco. 410 00:19:06,062 --> 00:19:07,325 I know what you're thinking. 411 00:19:07,412 --> 00:19:10,850 How could Nabisco be David... 412 00:19:10,937 --> 00:19:12,721 in any story? 413 00:19:12,808 --> 00:19:16,334 Believe me, I asked myself the same thing. 414 00:19:16,421 --> 00:19:19,511 But fairness... 415 00:19:19,598 --> 00:19:21,426 isn't just for the underdog. 416 00:19:23,906 --> 00:19:27,432 It's for anyone who plays by the rules. 417 00:19:29,695 --> 00:19:32,654 Now, the defendants call this Mellomar... 418 00:19:32,741 --> 00:19:35,570 not Mallomar, 419 00:19:35,657 --> 00:19:38,312 Mellomar. 420 00:19:38,399 --> 00:19:40,401 But it's the same chocolate coating. 421 00:19:40,488 --> 00:19:41,837 What do you see? 422 00:19:41,924 --> 00:19:43,448 The same marshmallow inside, 423 00:19:43,535 --> 00:19:47,060 but it is missing one key ingredient 424 00:19:47,147 --> 00:19:50,411 you can't copyright... 425 00:19:50,498 --> 00:19:53,849 integrity. 426 00:19:53,936 --> 00:19:57,940 ♪ Oh, my Lord, won't You come down to me? ♪ 427 00:19:58,027 --> 00:20:00,029 ♪ Oh, my Lord... ♪ 428 00:20:00,116 --> 00:20:03,294 All right, and this, this is the bullpen, yeah. 429 00:20:03,381 --> 00:20:05,687 See, I find that not having assigned offices 430 00:20:05,774 --> 00:20:08,212 keeps everyone on their toes. - It's very Silicon Valley. 431 00:20:08,299 --> 00:20:10,039 Ah, those tech boys are slicker than owl snot. 432 00:20:10,126 --> 00:20:12,041 We're just working folk out here, 433 00:20:12,128 --> 00:20:13,869 trying to make a dollar holler--no doors, no titles. 434 00:20:13,956 --> 00:20:15,480 Just everyone digging the same dirt. 435 00:20:15,567 --> 00:20:16,916 Feed that bird, Billy. 436 00:20:17,003 --> 00:20:18,570 That does sound refreshing. 437 00:20:18,657 --> 00:20:20,398 I mean, your work is primarily personal injury? 438 00:20:20,485 --> 00:20:22,138 Well, we got slip-and-falls, fender benders, 439 00:20:22,226 --> 00:20:23,488 the occasional dog bite. 440 00:20:23,575 --> 00:20:25,185 Hey, Josephine, what do you call them dogs 441 00:20:25,272 --> 00:20:26,926 everyone's trotting around? 442 00:20:27,013 --> 00:20:28,667 You know, they mush them all together so they don't shit? 443 00:20:28,754 --> 00:20:30,103 Doodles. 444 00:20:30,190 --> 00:20:32,105 60% of our canine liability work. 445 00:20:32,192 --> 00:20:33,802 Keep it simple here-- 446 00:20:33,889 --> 00:20:36,283 no base, all commission, you eat what you kill. 447 00:20:36,370 --> 00:20:38,067 You know, most of our business never even sees a courtroom. 448 00:20:38,154 --> 00:20:40,069 So you don't try cases? 449 00:20:40,156 --> 00:20:42,376 No, trials are for people who like to lose money slow. 450 00:20:42,463 --> 00:20:44,900 We get in, we get paid, and we get gone. 451 00:20:44,987 --> 00:20:47,294 What if you didn't have to choose? 452 00:20:47,381 --> 00:20:49,122 If you built a small trial unit, 453 00:20:49,209 --> 00:20:51,167 just one or two strong cases a quarter, 454 00:20:51,255 --> 00:20:52,734 you'd scare the insurers. 455 00:20:52,821 --> 00:20:55,041 They'd pay out faster on the rest and for more. 456 00:20:55,128 --> 00:20:56,825 I admire the gumption. I really do. 457 00:20:56,912 --> 00:20:58,610 But this place runs on volume. 458 00:20:58,697 --> 00:21:00,481 Big verdicts make headlines. 459 00:21:00,568 --> 00:21:02,048 Small ones, they pay rent. 460 00:21:02,135 --> 00:21:04,137 You could do both. 461 00:21:04,224 --> 00:21:06,748 Build your reputation, raise the floor. 462 00:21:06,835 --> 00:21:08,707 Listen, you can dress it up all you want, darling, 463 00:21:08,794 --> 00:21:10,622 but lipstick don't turn a pig into a paralegal. 464 00:21:10,709 --> 00:21:12,711 This place is never gonna be white-shoe. 465 00:21:12,798 --> 00:21:14,321 Mm, well, not with that attitude. 466 00:21:14,408 --> 00:21:17,063 Thank you, Dina. 467 00:21:17,150 --> 00:21:18,760 Listen, you change your mind, 468 00:21:18,847 --> 00:21:20,762 we always got room for a closer. 469 00:21:20,849 --> 00:21:22,808 The pizza's hot. The coffee's free. 470 00:21:22,895 --> 00:21:25,245 And we get a discount at the dry cleaner's next door. 471 00:21:25,332 --> 00:21:27,073 I'll think about it. 472 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:28,901 All right, well, don't think too long, now, 473 00:21:28,988 --> 00:21:30,859 because pride is a hell of a diet. 474 00:21:30,946 --> 00:21:32,557 Thank you for your time. 475 00:21:39,781 --> 00:21:41,522 - What are we doing here? - Shh. 476 00:21:41,609 --> 00:21:43,481 Do me a favor. Just be cool, okay? Be cool. 477 00:21:43,568 --> 00:21:45,309 Jerry, how you doing, pal? 478 00:21:45,396 --> 00:21:47,659 You, uh, got room in there for two more? 479 00:21:47,746 --> 00:21:49,443 - Sure thing, Deck. - Great. 480 00:21:49,530 --> 00:21:52,403 Hey, say hi to your sister for me. 481 00:21:52,490 --> 00:21:54,883 What are you doing? Get in here. Come on. 482 00:22:08,419 --> 00:22:10,464 - 50 on the come. - No more bets, no more bets. 483 00:22:10,551 --> 00:22:12,510 - Yeah! - Copy that--50 on big red. 484 00:22:12,597 --> 00:22:13,685 Why are we here? 485 00:22:13,772 --> 00:22:15,556 I just want to say a quick hi 486 00:22:15,643 --> 00:22:18,472 to a certain public-defender bottom-feeder 487 00:22:18,559 --> 00:22:20,735 who happens to represent Victor Suffredes. 488 00:22:20,822 --> 00:22:22,955 This is the kid with the letter? 489 00:22:23,042 --> 00:22:25,523 You mean the unjustly imprisoned 12-year-old 490 00:22:25,610 --> 00:22:27,351 crying out to his favorite uncle for help? 491 00:22:27,438 --> 00:22:29,396 Yes. - Deck, I'm not heartless. 492 00:22:29,483 --> 00:22:31,485 I have a case to try. - Exactly. 493 00:22:31,572 --> 00:22:33,139 You are not heartless, all right? 494 00:22:33,226 --> 00:22:34,619 So don't be. Come on. 495 00:22:41,887 --> 00:22:44,193 Come on, nice and easy. Here we go, baby. 496 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:45,760 Five. 497 00:22:45,847 --> 00:22:47,022 There we go! 498 00:22:47,109 --> 00:22:48,981 - Seeing 8 for 10. - 20 on hard 6. 499 00:22:49,068 --> 00:22:50,504 - 90 on the 8. - 20, field. 500 00:22:50,591 --> 00:22:53,246 Nah, he's not done yet. Let's go 25 on... 501 00:22:53,333 --> 00:22:54,987 - 10, 10 on 8. - Wait, there he is. 502 00:22:55,074 --> 00:22:57,859 Here we go. Craps table, come on. 503 00:22:57,946 --> 00:23:01,341 Hey, hey, hey, hey, Louie V.! Still cheating gravity? 504 00:23:01,428 --> 00:23:03,691 Still pretending to be a lawyer? 505 00:23:03,778 --> 00:23:05,867 Oh, 4, 4, easy 4. Shooter stays hot. 506 00:23:05,954 --> 00:23:07,391 Hardway comes down. 507 00:23:07,478 --> 00:23:08,827 Sir, if you're gonna stand at the table, 508 00:23:08,914 --> 00:23:10,959 you got to make a bet-- it's a $25 minimum. 509 00:23:11,046 --> 00:23:12,831 25 bucks? Hey, hey, you got some cash? 510 00:23:12,918 --> 00:23:15,007 - How much? - 25. 511 00:23:15,094 --> 00:23:16,965 - I only have a hundred. - Yeah, that's perfect. 512 00:23:17,052 --> 00:23:19,664 Yeah, I'll do, uh, four 25s. - Four 25s for the gentlemen. 513 00:23:19,751 --> 00:23:21,448 10, hard 4, 5 Yo. 514 00:23:21,535 --> 00:23:23,145 I'm gonna do 25 on the pass line, 515 00:23:23,232 --> 00:23:24,799 all the hardways, 5 back. 516 00:23:24,886 --> 00:23:26,627 Deck, why are you here? 517 00:23:26,714 --> 00:23:28,934 I'm just here to jog your memory-- 518 00:23:29,021 --> 00:23:31,240 client of yours, kid by the name of Victor Suffredes. 519 00:23:31,327 --> 00:23:33,373 Never heard of him. 520 00:23:33,460 --> 00:23:35,549 6, easy 6. Hardway comes down. 521 00:23:35,636 --> 00:23:37,638 Wait, did I just lose? 522 00:23:37,725 --> 00:23:39,988 - Did you just lose? - Yes, sir, you did. 523 00:23:40,075 --> 00:23:42,426 I did. All right, let's go 5 back on the hard 6. 524 00:23:42,513 --> 00:23:45,080 Sure you remember him, okay? He's a 12-year-old kid. 525 00:23:45,167 --> 00:23:47,256 He hacked his entire school network, 526 00:23:47,343 --> 00:23:48,736 Rickrolled every classroom. 527 00:23:48,823 --> 00:23:51,391 Halloran gave him three years at The Pen. 528 00:23:51,478 --> 00:23:53,088 Three years for Rick Astley? 529 00:23:53,175 --> 00:23:55,047 Yeah, I guess justice did give him up. 530 00:23:55,134 --> 00:23:56,962 That's a sealed juvenile case. 531 00:23:57,049 --> 00:23:59,355 Here we go. 532 00:23:59,443 --> 00:24:01,445 You shouldn't be sniffing around that file. 533 00:24:01,532 --> 00:24:03,577 And if you don't mind, 534 00:24:03,664 --> 00:24:05,623 I'm having a hot freakin' roll here. 535 00:24:08,060 --> 00:24:10,584 He wrote to me--he said he's looking for new counsel. 536 00:24:10,671 --> 00:24:12,847 He's wasting ink. I'm still his lawyer. 537 00:24:12,934 --> 00:24:15,023 All right, give me, uh, 25 on 5. 538 00:24:15,110 --> 00:24:17,896 If you're still his lawyer, why hasn't he heard from you? 539 00:24:17,983 --> 00:24:20,855 Because I already did my part. 540 00:24:20,942 --> 00:24:22,857 He pled. Case closed. 541 00:24:22,944 --> 00:24:24,555 "He pled"? 542 00:24:24,642 --> 00:24:26,687 5, 5. 543 00:24:26,774 --> 00:24:29,037 You could have filed for post-conviction relief, 544 00:24:29,124 --> 00:24:31,126 asked for reconsideration. - Kid took a deal. 545 00:24:31,213 --> 00:24:33,999 That's the end of it. - He's 12 years old. 546 00:24:34,086 --> 00:24:38,394 You think 3 years is justice? - I think that's the sentence. 547 00:24:38,482 --> 00:24:42,268 Yeah, let's see it. Hit that back wall this time. 548 00:24:47,795 --> 00:24:50,058 Who the hell walks away from a heater? 549 00:24:50,145 --> 00:24:52,626 Somebody who doesn't want to answer questions. 550 00:25:05,509 --> 00:25:07,859 Guys, please, I'm fine. 551 00:25:07,946 --> 00:25:09,991 I've been networking. 552 00:25:10,078 --> 00:25:11,906 I've been taking some really interesting meetings. 553 00:25:11,993 --> 00:25:14,300 I'm good. I'm--I'm great, actually. 554 00:25:14,387 --> 00:25:15,867 Just hear me out. 555 00:25:15,954 --> 00:25:17,869 Dad, do you really think that's a good idea? 556 00:25:17,956 --> 00:25:19,871 What? 557 00:25:19,958 --> 00:25:21,786 Me coming to work for you. 558 00:25:21,873 --> 00:25:23,831 - No, no... - Actually-- 559 00:25:23,918 --> 00:25:26,791 No, I was gonna say move back in with us, 560 00:25:26,878 --> 00:25:30,185 you know, until you figure out your next move. 561 00:25:30,272 --> 00:25:31,665 Wow, okay. 562 00:25:31,752 --> 00:25:33,754 Um, am I really that radioactive? 563 00:25:33,841 --> 00:25:35,321 Sweetie, of course not. 564 00:25:35,408 --> 00:25:37,671 It's just a little difficult 565 00:25:37,758 --> 00:25:40,065 while you're still under investigation. 566 00:25:40,152 --> 00:25:41,936 You were the one who told me it was my job to bend the law 567 00:25:42,023 --> 00:25:44,025 and see how elastic it is, remember? 568 00:25:44,112 --> 00:25:46,201 And then next thing I knew, I'm sitting with the FBI. 569 00:25:46,288 --> 00:25:49,465 I think you might have read more into that than I meant. 570 00:25:49,553 --> 00:25:51,555 Are you gonna take any responsibility? 571 00:25:51,642 --> 00:25:53,252 Are you gonna take any responsibility? 572 00:25:53,339 --> 00:25:56,777 That's not fair. I didn't even commit a crime. 573 00:25:56,864 --> 00:25:58,953 You committed the greatest crime of all. 574 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:01,434 You lost. 575 00:26:01,521 --> 00:26:03,697 And you're right. It's not fair. 576 00:26:03,784 --> 00:26:06,439 You're a better lawyer than Rudy will ever be. 577 00:26:06,526 --> 00:26:08,223 Wow, you finally remembered his name. 578 00:26:10,269 --> 00:26:12,271 I am going to run to the men's room. 579 00:26:22,716 --> 00:26:25,589 Did you ever congratulate him? 580 00:26:25,676 --> 00:26:27,721 Who, Rudy? No. 581 00:26:27,808 --> 00:26:29,593 No, Mom, believe me, I'm the last person 582 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:31,290 he wants to hear from. 583 00:26:31,377 --> 00:26:33,771 You two were so in love. 584 00:26:33,858 --> 00:26:36,295 That was a long time ago. 585 00:26:36,382 --> 00:26:38,384 Not so long. 586 00:26:38,471 --> 00:26:41,082 Honey, do you mind if I give you a little advice? 587 00:26:41,169 --> 00:26:43,607 Everyone else seems to, so, sure. 588 00:26:43,694 --> 00:26:46,392 Look, I know you feel like you've lost everything. 589 00:26:46,479 --> 00:26:48,263 Haven't I? 590 00:26:48,350 --> 00:26:50,483 I lost the case. I lost my job. 591 00:26:50,570 --> 00:26:52,528 I lost my boyfriend. You and Dad are paying my rent. 592 00:26:54,661 --> 00:26:55,967 What's left? 593 00:26:56,054 --> 00:26:58,360 You. 594 00:26:58,447 --> 00:27:00,754 You're what's left. 595 00:27:00,841 --> 00:27:03,104 Every time we've spoken in the past three months, 596 00:27:03,191 --> 00:27:05,541 you've told me how everybody got it wrong. 597 00:27:05,629 --> 00:27:08,109 Sweetheart... 598 00:27:08,196 --> 00:27:11,896 have you once stopped and asked where you went wrong? 599 00:27:11,983 --> 00:27:14,115 Hmm? 600 00:27:23,559 --> 00:27:25,561 Oh, hey. Got you coffee. 601 00:27:25,649 --> 00:27:27,781 Thanks. 602 00:27:27,868 --> 00:27:29,565 Hey, you know what? Quick gut check-- 603 00:27:29,653 --> 00:27:32,351 I was thinking, um, depo testimony first, 604 00:27:32,438 --> 00:27:34,570 and then I'm gonna box them in with the ratios on-- 605 00:27:34,658 --> 00:27:36,921 - Rudy, we settled. - What do you mean? 606 00:27:37,008 --> 00:27:39,575 We're cross-examining the lead food scientist at 9:00. 607 00:27:39,663 --> 00:27:41,882 No, we're not, because they settled. 608 00:27:41,969 --> 00:27:43,492 I know. 609 00:27:43,579 --> 00:27:46,495 "Courtus" interruptus. 610 00:27:46,582 --> 00:27:48,802 - How much? - Nothing. 611 00:27:48,889 --> 00:27:51,152 Consent decree and permanent injunction. 612 00:27:51,239 --> 00:27:53,372 They stop making the copycat, destroy the molds, 613 00:27:53,459 --> 00:27:55,417 and send recall notices. 614 00:27:55,504 --> 00:27:58,159 So we get 10% of zero? 615 00:27:58,246 --> 00:27:59,944 See, that's the thing about your first case 616 00:28:00,031 --> 00:28:01,423 going the distance. 617 00:28:01,510 --> 00:28:04,035 You expect all of them to. 618 00:28:04,122 --> 00:28:06,080 It's still a win, Rudy. 619 00:28:06,167 --> 00:28:08,648 Congrats. 620 00:28:11,912 --> 00:28:14,610 Look, I know you want to be partner. 621 00:28:14,698 --> 00:28:16,961 But trust me when I tell you, 622 00:28:17,048 --> 00:28:19,964 there's a risk in getting too much too soon. 623 00:28:20,051 --> 00:28:21,835 Just ask my ex. 624 00:28:21,922 --> 00:28:24,055 Tom was faced with a decision-- 625 00:28:24,142 --> 00:28:26,187 stay with a great team 626 00:28:26,274 --> 00:28:28,146 who felt he needed more seasoning in the minors 627 00:28:28,233 --> 00:28:30,714 or go to a shitty team who'd put him right in The Show. 628 00:28:30,801 --> 00:28:32,846 He chose The Show. 629 00:28:32,933 --> 00:28:34,935 And tore his UCL in the first week. 630 00:28:35,022 --> 00:28:37,329 He wasn't ready. 631 00:28:37,416 --> 00:28:39,505 Right now this works. 632 00:28:39,592 --> 00:28:42,160 I set the table. You sharpen the knife. 633 00:28:42,247 --> 00:28:44,858 Anything more than that wouldn't be good for me. 634 00:28:44,945 --> 00:28:48,557 It definitely wouldn't be good for you. 635 00:28:48,644 --> 00:28:50,777 - Jocelyn Stone? - Yeah. 636 00:28:54,215 --> 00:28:56,740 Namaste. 637 00:29:02,571 --> 00:29:04,878 I'm gonna kill him. 638 00:29:32,079 --> 00:29:33,820 Hey. 639 00:29:33,907 --> 00:29:35,561 How you doing? Deck Shifflet. 640 00:29:37,998 --> 00:29:39,652 Right, right. Uh... 641 00:29:39,739 --> 00:29:41,697 Are you, uh, Victor Suffredes' father? 642 00:29:41,785 --> 00:29:43,612 Step. 643 00:29:43,699 --> 00:29:46,006 I like to think of it as the dad who stepped up. 644 00:29:46,093 --> 00:29:48,748 Am I right? - What do you want? 645 00:29:48,835 --> 00:29:51,403 Uh, well, I want to talk to you about Victor's case. 646 00:29:51,490 --> 00:29:53,013 He reached out to our law firm. 647 00:29:53,100 --> 00:29:55,450 But, you know, the whole juvenile-court system-- 648 00:29:55,537 --> 00:29:57,757 all the files and transcripts are sealed. 649 00:29:57,844 --> 00:29:59,541 So, if we want to help Victor-- - Oh, no, no, no, no, 650 00:29:59,628 --> 00:30:01,892 Ain't no helping that boy. 651 00:30:01,979 --> 00:30:04,285 Kid's a compulsive liar. 652 00:30:04,372 --> 00:30:07,071 Right, well, uh... 653 00:30:07,158 --> 00:30:10,030 have you, uh, c-considered an appeal? 654 00:30:10,117 --> 00:30:11,727 Because the window for this closes on Monday. 655 00:30:11,815 --> 00:30:13,642 I don't know about any of that. 656 00:30:13,729 --> 00:30:16,036 Sir, we're just concerned that your son-- 657 00:30:16,123 --> 00:30:17,385 He is not my son. Now, I told you that, yeah? 658 00:30:17,472 --> 00:30:18,560 Okay. 659 00:30:18,647 --> 00:30:19,997 Buddy, I'm just here 660 00:30:20,084 --> 00:30:22,651 'cause I think Victor might be in trouble. 661 00:30:22,738 --> 00:30:24,915 Look... 662 00:30:25,002 --> 00:30:28,309 I've washed my hands of that boy. 663 00:30:28,396 --> 00:30:32,183 Kid's been a migraine since the day I married his mother. 664 00:30:32,270 --> 00:30:33,967 Well, speaking of his mother, 665 00:30:34,054 --> 00:30:36,230 if I wanted to talk to her about an appeal, 666 00:30:36,317 --> 00:30:38,189 you know where I might find her? 667 00:30:39,712 --> 00:30:41,845 Yep. 668 00:30:41,932 --> 00:30:44,064 Marshview Cemetery. 669 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:49,504 All right, have a great day. 670 00:31:09,220 --> 00:31:10,961 Thought I locked that. 671 00:31:13,833 --> 00:31:16,096 You really bought Yogi's. 672 00:31:19,186 --> 00:31:22,363 I, um... 673 00:31:22,450 --> 00:31:24,278 I heard you're living in the apartment upstairs? 674 00:31:29,240 --> 00:31:31,024 And I, uh... 675 00:31:31,111 --> 00:31:32,939 read that alumni profile they did on you. 676 00:31:35,507 --> 00:31:37,030 It was incredible. 677 00:31:39,337 --> 00:31:42,470 I saw you on TV. 678 00:31:42,557 --> 00:31:43,819 You, um... 679 00:31:46,039 --> 00:31:48,563 You really--you really did it. 680 00:31:48,650 --> 00:31:51,131 It's literally everything you ever dreamed of, and I... 681 00:31:55,396 --> 00:31:57,050 I just wanted to say congratulations. 682 00:32:03,578 --> 00:32:07,800 I, um... 683 00:32:07,887 --> 00:32:10,368 I don't know why I did what I did. 684 00:32:18,289 --> 00:32:20,378 Rudy, I should have never used your brother in that way. 685 00:32:20,465 --> 00:32:21,901 I, um... 686 00:32:25,209 --> 00:32:28,734 I was just so caught up in... 687 00:32:28,821 --> 00:32:31,519 the case, the firm, Leo. 688 00:32:31,606 --> 00:32:34,914 I just--I think I convinced myself that I was doing my job. 689 00:32:42,008 --> 00:32:43,357 Rudy, I'm sorry. 690 00:32:52,888 --> 00:32:55,717 Are you gonna say anything? 691 00:32:59,025 --> 00:33:00,635 We're closed. 692 00:33:24,572 --> 00:33:25,921 That was unexpected. 693 00:33:28,228 --> 00:33:29,969 What do you think she really wants? 694 00:33:30,056 --> 00:33:31,884 I don't know. 695 00:33:31,971 --> 00:33:33,712 Maybe she just really wanted to apologize. 696 00:33:35,583 --> 00:33:36,845 Not a chance. 697 00:33:51,773 --> 00:33:54,037 All right, but just hear me out, okay? 698 00:33:54,124 --> 00:33:56,517 Nabisco--it was a win, no matter how you look at it. 699 00:33:56,604 --> 00:33:58,519 It is hard to make a meal out of cookies, though. 700 00:33:58,606 --> 00:34:00,826 Lord knows that I've tried. Wait, wait, no, stop. 701 00:34:00,913 --> 00:34:02,523 Just sit down. Sit down. 702 00:34:02,610 --> 00:34:05,178 What I'm trying to say is, you're not cookies, okay? 703 00:34:05,265 --> 00:34:07,528 And you are definitely not Fletcher Kincaid. 704 00:34:07,615 --> 00:34:09,835 Rudy, you're not doing what you're meant to do. 705 00:34:09,922 --> 00:34:12,316 I know it doesn't always pay the bills, okay? 706 00:34:12,403 --> 00:34:15,928 But, Rudy, you fight bullies, and right now this kid Victor-- 707 00:34:16,015 --> 00:34:17,886 he needs a Rudy Baylor on his side 708 00:34:17,973 --> 00:34:19,018 'cause he's got nobody else. 709 00:34:19,105 --> 00:34:20,976 - Deck-- - No, no, let me finish. 710 00:34:21,064 --> 00:34:23,283 Let me finish-- because as you said, right? 711 00:34:23,370 --> 00:34:26,069 Literally, as you said, it's not about the fight. 712 00:34:28,114 --> 00:34:30,203 It's about who you fight for. 713 00:34:30,290 --> 00:34:33,076 - Let's go talk to him. - That's it? 714 00:34:33,163 --> 00:34:34,468 You want to talk, I'll talk to him. 715 00:34:34,555 --> 00:34:36,209 I'm--no promises. - No, right. 716 00:34:36,296 --> 00:34:37,732 Of course, no promises. Let's go talk to him. 717 00:34:37,819 --> 00:34:39,517 I love this. Yes, we're talking to him. 718 00:34:39,604 --> 00:34:41,693 By the way, that was a great opening argument. 719 00:34:41,780 --> 00:34:44,174 - Really? - Yeah. 720 00:34:44,261 --> 00:34:46,089 - What was the best part? - I'm not cookies. 721 00:34:48,656 --> 00:34:50,310 Cookies. 722 00:34:50,397 --> 00:34:51,529 Of course. 723 00:35:02,975 --> 00:35:05,717 - I am not your lawyer. - I know that. 724 00:35:05,804 --> 00:35:07,675 Then why the hell am I getting 725 00:35:07,762 --> 00:35:09,503 your grand-jury subpoena? 726 00:35:09,590 --> 00:35:11,592 Jocelyn, what am I supposed to do? 727 00:35:11,679 --> 00:35:14,029 Tell the truth. 728 00:35:14,117 --> 00:35:16,423 You didn't know what the kid was doing. 729 00:35:16,510 --> 00:35:17,903 I might have known what the kid was doing. 730 00:35:17,990 --> 00:35:19,905 You idiot. 731 00:35:19,992 --> 00:35:22,995 Baby, was that Amazon? 732 00:35:23,082 --> 00:35:25,389 I needed that LED mask, like, yesterday. 733 00:35:25,476 --> 00:35:29,175 Ha! Honey, they don't make LED strong enough. 734 00:35:29,262 --> 00:35:31,046 Lord, give me strength. 735 00:35:31,134 --> 00:35:34,224 Tommy, what is this bitch doing in my house? 736 00:35:34,311 --> 00:35:36,748 - She's my lawyer. - I'm not, actually. 737 00:35:36,835 --> 00:35:38,402 - Great. Then go. - Gladly. 738 00:35:38,489 --> 00:35:39,490 Wait, Jocelyn. Hold on, hold on, please. 739 00:35:39,577 --> 00:35:41,231 Hang on. 740 00:35:41,318 --> 00:35:43,711 Honey, she's the best lawyer I know. 741 00:35:43,798 --> 00:35:45,235 We need her. 742 00:35:45,322 --> 00:35:46,932 You better believe we're talking 743 00:35:47,019 --> 00:35:48,368 to Dr. Kathy about this. 744 00:35:52,459 --> 00:35:54,374 Jocelyn, you got to help me out here. 745 00:35:54,461 --> 00:35:56,507 - You can't afford me. - Come on. 746 00:35:56,594 --> 00:35:59,597 My retainer is 50 grand. 747 00:35:59,684 --> 00:36:01,642 Jocelyn, listen... 748 00:36:01,729 --> 00:36:03,209 I'm boxed in. 749 00:36:03,296 --> 00:36:05,037 If I tell the truth to the grand jury, 750 00:36:05,124 --> 00:36:06,821 they're gonna kill me. 751 00:36:06,908 --> 00:36:09,781 They don't kill you for this. They put you in prison. 752 00:36:09,868 --> 00:36:12,175 That's not what I meant. 753 00:36:12,262 --> 00:36:13,959 What are you into? 754 00:36:14,046 --> 00:36:15,395 I'll tell you everything 755 00:36:15,482 --> 00:36:18,224 once we have attorney-client privilege. 756 00:36:18,311 --> 00:36:20,531 Please, Julep. 757 00:36:20,618 --> 00:36:22,837 You got to be kidding me. 758 00:36:22,924 --> 00:36:26,406 You're broke, and she got one of these? 759 00:36:26,493 --> 00:36:29,322 Do you know what this costs? - Don't remind me. 760 00:36:29,409 --> 00:36:31,672 I still owe a fortune on that thing. 761 00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:40,986 Hey, hey, what are you doing? 762 00:36:41,073 --> 00:36:42,770 Taking my retainer. 763 00:36:42,857 --> 00:36:45,120 Come by in the morning. 764 00:36:45,208 --> 00:36:47,427 Lynette's gonna lose her shit. 765 00:36:47,514 --> 00:36:49,864 Well, tell it to Dr. Kathy. 766 00:36:56,349 --> 00:36:59,700 - Holy shit, it worked. - Victor? 767 00:36:59,787 --> 00:37:02,616 Hey, are you--are you okay? What happened to you? 768 00:37:02,703 --> 00:37:04,879 I tried to send you a letter. They did not like that. 769 00:37:04,966 --> 00:37:06,925 Wait, they put their hands on you? 770 00:37:07,012 --> 00:37:08,448 Get a picture of him. - Yeah. 771 00:37:08,535 --> 00:37:10,145 I knew you were my guy. 772 00:37:10,233 --> 00:37:13,584 We've only got a day left to file an appeal. 773 00:37:13,671 --> 00:37:15,847 Now, Victor, I'm gonna ask you something. 774 00:37:15,934 --> 00:37:18,023 Are you telling us you're innocent? 775 00:37:18,110 --> 00:37:20,373 No, I definitely hacked the school network 776 00:37:20,460 --> 00:37:23,376 to Rickroll all the screens. 777 00:37:23,463 --> 00:37:25,073 I'm saying they tricked me. 778 00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:27,293 Who did? How? 779 00:37:27,380 --> 00:37:28,642 Judge gives me some slimy lawyer 780 00:37:28,729 --> 00:37:30,078 who smelled like an air freshener. 781 00:37:30,165 --> 00:37:32,167 Louis V. Palermo. 782 00:37:32,255 --> 00:37:34,039 Yeah, and Judge tells me if I say I did it 783 00:37:34,126 --> 00:37:36,476 and sorry and all that, then I'll get a warning, so I did. 784 00:37:36,563 --> 00:37:38,173 Then all of a sudden, Judge crashes out, 785 00:37:38,261 --> 00:37:40,175 yelling cyber terrorist, gives me three years. 786 00:37:40,263 --> 00:37:42,482 And I'm in, like, literal shackles, bruh. 787 00:37:42,569 --> 00:37:45,659 Hold on. What did--what did Palermo say? 788 00:37:45,746 --> 00:37:47,661 All right, you can go now. 789 00:37:47,748 --> 00:37:50,185 Hey, are these the guys who touched you? 790 00:37:50,273 --> 00:37:52,057 Hey, you can't obstruct his right to counsel. 791 00:37:52,144 --> 00:37:53,624 Suffredes is on behavior status. 792 00:37:53,711 --> 00:37:55,408 He gets no visitors. - Hey, take it easy! 793 00:37:55,495 --> 00:37:57,062 Hey, he's a kid. Take it easy on him. 794 00:37:57,149 --> 00:37:58,716 Victor, I'm gonna file today. 795 00:37:58,803 --> 00:38:00,457 Hey, you, you want to say anything 796 00:38:00,544 --> 00:38:02,415 about those bruises on him? 797 00:38:02,502 --> 00:38:04,939 Who the hell do you think you are? 798 00:38:09,335 --> 00:38:10,945 I'm his lawyer. 799 00:38:16,951 --> 00:38:19,214 - All right, thank you. - Morning. 800 00:38:19,302 --> 00:38:22,217 Yeah, I understand. I'll call you back, okay? 801 00:38:22,305 --> 00:38:24,002 We got boned. - That was fast. 802 00:38:24,089 --> 00:38:26,831 Who got boned? 803 00:38:26,918 --> 00:38:30,574 The, uh--the Victor Suffredes appeal got dismissed... 804 00:38:30,661 --> 00:38:31,966 technicality. 805 00:38:32,053 --> 00:38:33,228 You filed an appeal? 806 00:38:33,316 --> 00:38:34,795 You're not an appellate attorney. 807 00:38:34,882 --> 00:38:36,667 Well, deadline was today, so I had to file. 808 00:38:36,754 --> 00:38:40,148 Okay, at the risk of sounding like I approve any of this... 809 00:38:40,235 --> 00:38:42,803 why was it dismissed? 810 00:38:42,890 --> 00:38:45,328 We didn't get a signature from the guardian. 811 00:38:45,415 --> 00:38:47,112 Well, that's a hell of a technicality. 812 00:38:47,199 --> 00:38:48,722 Stepfather's a real charmer. 813 00:38:48,809 --> 00:38:50,463 You can't file on behalf of a minor 814 00:38:50,550 --> 00:38:52,204 without a legal guardian signing on. 815 00:38:52,291 --> 00:38:53,336 I thought it might slip by, okay? 816 00:38:53,423 --> 00:38:54,815 Come on, you know better than that. 817 00:38:54,902 --> 00:38:56,469 And not for nothing, 818 00:38:56,556 --> 00:38:58,341 but who did you think was gonna pay for this appeal? 819 00:38:58,428 --> 00:38:59,777 Who's paying for your ex-husband's criminal case? 820 00:38:59,864 --> 00:39:00,952 She got a handbag. 821 00:39:01,039 --> 00:39:02,345 Yeah, a very expensive handbag. 822 00:39:02,432 --> 00:39:03,520 You're kidding, right? 823 00:39:03,607 --> 00:39:04,956 It's worth more than your car. 824 00:39:05,043 --> 00:39:06,827 - You know what-- - All right, guys, guys. 825 00:39:06,914 --> 00:39:08,655 Can we please just get back to the whole guardian thing? 826 00:39:08,742 --> 00:39:10,222 There's got to be a way around that, right? 827 00:39:10,309 --> 00:39:11,484 There isn't. Sorry. 828 00:39:13,356 --> 00:39:14,574 Hi. 829 00:39:14,661 --> 00:39:15,923 - Oh, shit. - Oh, good. 830 00:39:16,010 --> 00:39:17,621 Oh, great. 831 00:39:17,708 --> 00:39:19,927 I don't know how we went from a whale to two fishes 832 00:39:20,014 --> 00:39:22,495 in three months, but here we are. 833 00:39:26,151 --> 00:39:29,067 Goddamn, you look good. Can't be all natural, no way. 834 00:39:29,154 --> 00:39:30,764 Face is mine. Tits are real. 835 00:39:30,851 --> 00:39:33,071 Ass is as tight as a snare drum. 836 00:39:33,158 --> 00:39:35,029 And you're not getting near any of it. 837 00:39:35,116 --> 00:39:36,640 Just making conversation. 838 00:39:36,727 --> 00:39:38,816 I just don't get it, okay? 839 00:39:38,903 --> 00:39:40,774 I mean, this guy's married to Victor's mom 840 00:39:40,861 --> 00:39:42,602 for all of, what, like, three years, 841 00:39:42,689 --> 00:39:44,604 and all of a sudden, he just gets to decide this kid's life? 842 00:39:44,691 --> 00:39:46,171 That's crazy. - It's the law. 843 00:39:46,258 --> 00:39:48,129 He's the legal guardian. 844 00:39:48,216 --> 00:39:50,393 It was just one game. 845 00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:53,047 I know it was stupid, but I really believe in this kid. 846 00:39:53,134 --> 00:39:54,962 And I don't want to see-- - Hang on a second. 847 00:39:57,661 --> 00:39:59,532 I can't believe I'm about to help with this, 848 00:39:59,619 --> 00:40:01,229 but there might be a way. 849 00:40:01,316 --> 00:40:03,101 What is it? 850 00:40:03,188 --> 00:40:05,538 A section 1983 action. 851 00:40:05,625 --> 00:40:07,845 - A civil suit? - To get Victor out? 852 00:40:07,932 --> 00:40:09,586 Followed by a petition for habeas corpus. 853 00:40:09,673 --> 00:40:12,415 Well, a Section 1983 is "stop abusing me." 854 00:40:12,502 --> 00:40:14,329 That's how we get paid. 855 00:40:14,417 --> 00:40:16,070 Habeas is "get me out of here." 856 00:40:16,157 --> 00:40:18,508 Yeah, but don't we still have the problem of the guardian? 857 00:40:18,595 --> 00:40:20,031 - No. - No, 'cause in a civil case, 858 00:40:20,118 --> 00:40:21,989 you can get a guardian ad litem. 859 00:40:22,076 --> 00:40:23,991 Court-appointed guardian for the purposes of the case. 860 00:40:24,078 --> 00:40:26,037 But only if the minor doesn't have a guardian, right? 861 00:40:26,124 --> 00:40:27,778 both: Wrong. 862 00:40:27,865 --> 00:40:29,562 Also if the current guardian isn't protecting 863 00:40:29,649 --> 00:40:31,216 the minor's interests. - Definitely not. 864 00:40:31,303 --> 00:40:32,870 Court allows the attorney 865 00:40:32,957 --> 00:40:36,351 to submit a guardian ad litem for approval. 866 00:40:36,439 --> 00:40:39,006 Well, who are we gonna get for that? 867 00:40:53,804 --> 00:40:55,849 What you smiling about? 868 00:41:01,202 --> 00:41:03,466 No, we're not accepting the tolling agreement. 869 00:41:03,553 --> 00:41:05,598 If they want to extend the statute, they can file. 870 00:41:05,685 --> 00:41:07,948 Understood. Thank you, Ms. Vonn. 871 00:41:08,035 --> 00:41:10,081 Kid's name is Victor Suffredes, 872 00:41:10,168 --> 00:41:12,910 12 years old, one of Judge Halloran's cases. 873 00:41:12,997 --> 00:41:16,609 They filed a Section 1983 claim and a habeas petition. 874 00:41:16,696 --> 00:41:20,134 - Who's the attorney? - Rudy Baylor. 875 00:41:20,221 --> 00:41:22,180 He's the kid who won the Great Benefit ca-- 876 00:41:22,267 --> 00:41:23,442 I know who he is. 877 00:41:34,192 --> 00:41:35,541 Hello? 878 00:41:35,628 --> 00:41:37,543 It's Amanda Vonn. 879 00:41:37,630 --> 00:41:40,285 I put in a call to Leo Drummond. 880 00:41:40,372 --> 00:41:41,852 What did he say? 881 00:41:41,939 --> 00:41:44,071 That you're an opportunist. 882 00:41:44,158 --> 00:41:45,420 Oh. 883 00:41:45,508 --> 00:41:47,118 But that I'd be hard-pressed 884 00:41:47,205 --> 00:41:49,512 to find a more tenacious attorney. 885 00:41:49,599 --> 00:41:51,339 My office will call you to set a meeting. 886 00:41:51,426 --> 00:41:54,212 Wow. Um... 887 00:41:54,299 --> 00:41:55,996 Hello?