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It might be nice to get to know each other.

What you mean is you'd like

to impress the new managing partner.

What if I did? Wanna impress me?

Do it with a big client. Zane promised Samantha

she'd be the next Name Partner. You tell him

you made the same promise to Alex?

No, I didn't. You wanna take me on,

go for it. I didn't get where I am

by letting people push me.

David Fox wants a fight.

I'm gonna give him one.

A fight about what?

He doesn't wanna pay overtime.

This isn't what we do. Mike would have.

Mike's not here because he came to terms

with the fact this isn't what we do.

I'm not gonna lose clients

because you decided the staff

is more important than this firm.

I didn't do anything you didn't sign off on.

You don't go to war with the guy that owns your house

over something like this. End it, and end it today.

I wanna make a perfect baby with you.

Are you sure? Absolutely.

I don't wanna just pull the goalie.

I wanna start trying.

I wanna start trying now.

You promised Samantha her name would go up next? I did.

I made Alex the same promise. I guess

there's only one thing to do.

Kick the can down the road.

You think we're in competition for the same thing,

but we're not. Robert Zane made me a promise.

The next name that goes up on the wall is mine.

Bunny rabbit goes around the tree once...

bunny rabbit goes around the tree twice...

And I say bunny rabbit, bunny rabbit, wanna play nice?

Sheila, what are you doing? I'm hunting "wabbits."

No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Not Fudd.

You know I can't resist Elmer Fudd.

Why would you want to? Oh, my God, Shelia,

I cannot right now. Why not?

Because I have a client meeting,

and it's not just me. Zane's coming too.

So whatever you had in mind, it's gonna have to wait.

All right.

I didn't wanna have to do this, but...

I'm fertile...

and I am ripe for the picking.

[♪♪♪]

So I don't care

whether you have a meeting or not.

I'm gonna need your Johnny Appleseed.

If there's one thing that revs me up

more than Elmer Fudd it's American folk heroes.

It's time for Paul Bunyan to march across that forest

and take out his ax. I'm gonna do more than that.

You wouldn't. I would, because it's time

for John Henry to swing the mighty hammer. [GASPS]

♪ All night long ♪

Did you know?

Know what? That Zane promised Samantha

she was the next Name Partner.

Let's go back up to my office.

You could use a drink.

What I could use is some honesty.

Did you know?

Yeah, I knew. Then why the hell

didn't you tell me? Because no one's

deciding anything. I didn't wanna upset you for no reason.

No reason? Zane promised-- I know what he promised.

But look, you got me, and you got Louis.

That's two against one.

When the time's right, we'll out-vote him.

When is the time gonna be right?

Six months? A year? Three years? Alex--

I wanna know when you're planning on getting the balls

to stand up to him and what I'm supposed to do in the meantime.

I'll tell you. You're supposed to have faith and sit tight.

If you were in my position, would you sit tight?

It may not be easy, but, yeah, I would.

That's funny, because I recall you were in

a similar position years ago with Jessica.

Instead of sitting tight, you came to me

looking for another job.

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[CARS HONKING]

[PHONE VIBRATING] Robert, how's Wayne?

ROBERT [ON PHONE]: I'll tell you.

He's getting sued. He wants to know

why his lawyer's not here.

Hold down the fort for 10 minutes,

I'm almost there. I didn't ask when.

I asked where you were.

That's kind of personal. I feel kind of bad about that.

I've been standing with nothing but my dick in my hand

the last 30 minutes. If you wanna know, Sheila and I

are trying to have a baby. She's not getting younger.

We're taking advantage of any opportunity.

Why didn't you say so? Get here as fast as you can.

Like I said, I'll see you in 10.

MAN: Hey, buddy. Yeah?

You know where a Rite Aid is? I'm not from around here--

I don't give a shit where you live.

Do what I say, and you won't get shot.

You feel me? Yeah, I feel you,

I feel you, I feel you. Good, let's walk.

[♪♪♪]

[GUN COCKS]

Get on the ground, and don't you fucking look at me.

Okay, okay. Wallet and phone.

Where's the phone? There's $1000 in there,

is that-- Is that not enough?

You think we're negotiating, here?

No, there's pictures on my phone I haven't backed up.

I don't give a shit! [GROANS]

Here's my phone.

[GROANS] Stay down.

Don't even move. [WHEEZES]

[COUGHS]

[COUGHING AND WHEEZING]

♪ See the money Wanna stay for your meal ♪

♪ Get another piece of pie For your wife ♪

♪ Everybody wanna know How it feel ♪

♪ Everybody wanna see What it's like ♪

♪ I'll even eat a bean pie I don't mind ♪

♪ Me and Missy is so busy Busy making money ♪

♪ All right ♪

♪ All step back I'm 'bout to dance ♪

♪ The greenback boogie ♪

[♪♪♪]

[GROANS]

Shit...

Louis, aren't you supposed to be out with Robert Zane?

I swear, if you canceled that dinner

because they ran out of paprika like last time I--

Oh, my God. What happened, Louis?

Nothing. Nothing?

You look like you've been hit by a car.

A guy took my wallet and my phone.

I didn't know what to do, so I-I came here.

All right, I'm calling Sheila and then Robert and--

You're not calling anyone, Gretchen.

I don't want Robert to know.

You have to tell him what happened. I can't.

Why not? Because he's

my new managing partner. I do not want him

to know that I am weak. Louis, you are not weak.

It could have happened to anybody.

It happened to me.

That's why I don't wanna tell him.

What are you gonna do? He's gonna wanna know

why you didn't show up. I'm gonna let him

think what he already thinks.

We were trying to have a child, it took longer--

Gretchen, I'm done talking about this.

Can you just please let me be?

Okay, Louis, I won't tell anybody.

I'm not going anywhere until we patch you up.

[♪♪♪]

[ELEVATOR DINGS]

If you're not careful, the bagel guy's

gonna figure out you're cheating on him.

Who says this isn't a bagel? Same person who says

you've got the sense of humor of a five-year-old.

I am so gonna pull your pigtails at recess.

You wanna keep going, or can I ask you

a serious question?

You want the truth? No.

I wanna talk to you about doing more pro bonos.

Donna. Harvey, listen to me.

That cleaning woman's case was good for you,

and even though Mike's not here,

I think we should keep doing them.

Donna, I might be missing Mike, but I'm not Mike.

And I have a meeting in an hour.

You wanna take on a pro bono, knock yourself out.

I do, and if you don't want it,

I'm just gonna go ask Alex. Not Alex.

He's not in the mood. Why not?

He found out about Zane promising Samantha

Name Partner last night. What did you say?

I told him to sit tight.

Did you when you were in the same position?

That's what he said. If you don't want him

doing what you did, then I suggest you do something

that makes him wanna stay.

Now, I'm gonna go ask Katrina

if she wants to do a pro bono.

[♪♪♪]

I don't care what it takes.

Get him in front of that judge,

I'll get him off the hook.

Good.

I need you to bump this class action to the front of the line.

Class action? Yeah, why?

You got a problem? No problem,

but litigation isn't my specialty,

and you know it. So, what's going on?

What's going on is, this was

Louis' case, and now it's yours.

How does Louis feel about that?

I don't give a shit how he feels.

Well, I do.

I got on good footing around here,

I'm not looking to undo it. I got to--

Hold on, now. You are my go-to.

Don't play office politics on me.

Robert, I played office politics for you

for years, in case you forgot. I didn't, but the man pulled

a no-show to a meeting with his own client,

and I need to send a message. So are you in or out?

[♪♪♪]

Okay, Robert. I'm in.

I'm sure whatever it is is very important, Harvey,

but I'm a little busy right now.

Alex, you were right.

Sitting tight wouldn't fly with me either.

I thought about it, and I got an idea.

If it isn't you and Louis telling Zane

my number's next, I'm not sure I'm gonna like it.

What it is is you doing something

to put you on the map with Zane.

Paxson BioScience. They're big. They're juicy.

We got a meeting in a half an hour.

We? Yeah, we.

Then forget it, because if I don't

sign them alone, Robert's not gonna care.

I'm doing the best I can right now.

They're expecting me. I don't show up,

it's not gonna look right. You've got an answer

for everything? Let's go down

and lock these guys down. After that,

you have my word. You're the attorney of record.

All right, Harvey. Let's go lock 'em down.

[♪♪♪]

Carrie, Harvey Specter.

This is my partner, Alex Williams.

I'm sorry, I was thinking it was just gonna be

the two of us. HARVEY: It's okay.

Anything you can say in front of me,

you can say to Alex.

In that case...

CrytoGen. They're worth 80 million,

but they're sitting on billions of undeveloped IP.

I've been trying to buy them two years.

You've used every tactic in the book to force them to sell.

You're looking to try some

that aren't in the book.

Of the 15 companies

that specialize in financing that industry,

14 have suddenly found themselves out

of the CrytoGen business.

And isn't it the strangest coincidence

that the 15th just so happens to be one of our clients?

The Lord works in mysterious ways.

Are you asking us to pressure one of our clients

into cutting off this company's lifeline?

That would be illegal.

I'm not asking you to do anything.

But were that to happen,

you'd find yourself with a huge new client.

That sounds pretty interesting.

I say bullshit. It's not gonna happen.

That's what it's gonna take to get our business.

Why don't we listen-- I'm not looking to cross

the line for these guys. I don't care if

they'll guarantee a year's retainer in advance.

And what if I told you that retainer

would match your highest-billing client?

It's a mistake, but if we're going do this,

we need to know what we're getting involved in.

HARVEY: He's right. You want us to risk this,

we need to knew every source of funding you choked off

and every other shady thing you've done.

Like he said, I need to know exactly

what I'm getting myself involved in.

Then we'll have everything over to you

by the end of the day.

Robert, got a sec? No, Louis, I don't.

I know I said that I'd be a little late--

Instead you decided to tap your girlfriend

instead of doing your job.

We're trying to have children.

You also told me you were on your way to the meeting.

I don't appreciate being lied to.

Okay, listen to me.

I know I didn't show up, but it doesn't matter.

Whatever their issue is I can handle it.

You don't have to. I already did.

What? It means as of this morning,

Samantha Wheeler is handling the matter.

You have plenty of time for family planning.

I am Name Partner. This is one of my oldest clients.

You can't do this to me. I didn't do this to you.

You did it to yourself.

Robert, please.

You don't know the whole story.

I know all I need to know.

Now get out of my office, and don't ever lie to me again.

[♪♪♪]

I need you to get to the file room right away and make

every document we have on McKinley Outfitters disappear.

Can't do that. I got instructions to send 'em

over to Samantha Wheeler's office an hour ago.

How could you do that to me?

Robert Zane stood here and gave me an order himself.

What choice did I have? Goddamn it.

I didn't tell the man what happened

because I promised I wouldn't. But he's punishing you

for something you don't deserve,

so why don't you just tell him?

I'm not gonna look weak.

Him taking your client because you don't

have the courage to tell him the truth

doesn't make you look strong.

Then I need to take my client back.

How the hell are you gonna do that?

She's a transactional woman.

I'll tell her I owe her one.

You ask her to go against Zane?

You might as well ask her to set herself on fire.

If you'd help me instead of telling me how weak I am,

we could figure something out.

Louis, I am trying to help you.

And if you can't see that, then something's wrong.

Gretchen, please. You're the only one who knows

that I had my dignity taken last night.

I can't have it taken again.

[♪♪♪]

All right, Louis.

I help you with this, I need to know

you're gonna be able to keep it together.

All I need is to take my client back.

That's all I need. Okay.

As I see it, you want McKinley back?

You need to put that woman in a position

where she doesn't have any choice.

[♪♪♪]

Sounds to me like the good folks at Paxson BioScience

have been busy beavers.

You thinking what I'm thinking?

I am. If they're willing to do

this shady shit because CrytoGen

has billions in future revenue--

Why don't we skip the shady shit,

represent CrytoGen now?

Exactly. We got the road map

to keeping them out of trouble.

Alex, you are one devious motherfucker.

Thanks, I'll take that as a compliment.

You're a real asshole of a guy.

[LAUGHS]

Seriously, Harvey.

We're using information they gave us

in the context of a meeting.

That's a little shady itself.

You sure you're okay with it? I am.

Besides, what are they gonna do?

Tell the police they asked us to rob a bank.

By the time they got there, we moved all the money?

The only thing left to do is close CrytoGen.

All right, I'll set it up. No.

You needed to be at that last meeting.

You don't this one.

Alex-- Let's not forget

why you came to me with this.

Let me bring this one home.

All right. They're all yours.

[♪♪♪]

You wanted to see me? I did.

Well, I'm glad you did, because I heard

that you gave one of Louis's clients to Samantha.

I don't wanna tell you how to run the firm, Robert,

but I think that's a bad idea.

Well, that's not exactly what I wanted to talk about,

but I think it's a good platform.

I don't follow. I'm gonna tell you

how to do yours. Excuse me?

Did you assign Katrina Bennett

a pro bono without running it by me?

I didn't know I needed to run it by you.

You do when that client happens to conflict

with someone I'm trying to sign.

I didn't know they did. Which is why you run it by me.

What is more important is what is a COO of a law firm

doing handing out pro bonos?

I thought it was good-- It's a rhetorical question.

I don't care what you thought. Understood.

Is that all? No, it's not.

What a COO should be doing

is maximizing our revenue per square foot,

which starts by an assessment of our revenue per square foot.

That's not really what I do.

It is now. I want a report on my desk

by end of day tomorrow.

Does this have anything to do with Louis?

I don't think-- It has to do with Louis lying,

and Harvey getting into it with the landlord,

and now you, which all adds up

to this firm not operating the way it should

and me getting a little tired of it.

Now, that's all.

[♪♪♪]

Ah, Samantha. You look nice this evening.

Don't give me that shit. You wanna tell me

why you set a motion to dismiss on a case

I just got three hours ago?

I was just doing you a favor.

But if you wanna cancel it, you go right ahead.

It's your case. What do you mean "a favor"?

We have two weeks to get this suit thrown out.

The faster we file it, the more serious they know we are.

Now that you've said it, if I delay it,

I look unprepared. Which you are,

you haven't been their attorney for the last 13 years.

I get it. If I tell Robert what you did, I look weak.

But if you let me help you, we both look strong.

Why didn't you just come to me,

and ask me to be let in on this?

We both know that you would have said no.

[CHUCKLES]

I have to admit, if I didn't know any better

I'd say you're a badass. You think I'm a badass now,

wait until we get that lead plaintiff

in front of the judge tomorrow.

[♪♪♪]

Hey. Don't "hey" me.

Did you sign 'em? Sure did, but get this.

These guys aren't exactly Little Red Riding Hood

running away from the Big Bad Wolf.

What? Our first assignment,

is to trick their best employee

into a lifetime of servitude.

Don't tell me you're pulling a Mike Ross and having

second thoughts on me. I'm just saying,

there aren't any saints in this situation.

But you know what, brother?

That's why we make the big bucks.

Well then, pour us a couple of drinks,

and I'll fax the cease and desist order right away.

ROBERT: You're not faxing shit.

Think you can take a meeting with a prospective client,

try to screw them, they wouldn't catch wind?

I don't care.

Nothing they can do about it.

Bullshit, they can let every major player know

we don't deal in good faith.

They have the decency to give us a chance

to make it right, and you're gonna take it.

If you're saying what I think--

I'm saying drop the small potato,

and sign Paxson like you said you would.

You wanna talk bad faith? We went in there,

and they all but asked us to commit a crime.

Then don't sign 'em. But what you don't do

is use the information you got from them

to sign a guy they were going after.

Last time I checked, I can sign

whoever the hell I wanna sign.

I cut you some slack on that landlord thing.

But I'm running this firm, not you.

You're gonna do what I tell you.

You gonna tell me what suit to wear? Listen.

Tomorrow morning, I come in, Paxson's our client.

And I'm done discussing this topic.

[♪♪♪]

Harvey, maybe it isn't worth it.

Relax, he'll calm down once he realizes

that small potato is not so small.

Are you crazy? This is about chain of command.

The reason we signed those guys

was to impress him.

You were the one who wanted me

to have the balls to stand up to him.

I don't give a shit what the chain of command is.

No way I'm backing down now.

I told you, it's not like these guys are saints.

What they're having me do-- Alex, that's enough.

I'm not interested in you second-guessing me,

and I'm not interested in you doing it on Zane's behalf.

So you wanna have a drink

and celebrate signing a new client or not?

[♪♪♪]

[PHONE RINGING]

Robert, what are you doing here?

I'm here because it's tomorrow morning,

and you didn't sign Paxson yet.

Look, Robert,

this is between you and Harvey.

I'm making it between you and me.

What are you saying?

I'm saying you're a smart guy.

We both know what your endgame is at this firm.

If you want that game to be a reality, you do what I need.

You threatening my job? I'm telling you how it is.

You dealt with that client in bad faith,

and I'm dealing with you in good faith.

Doesn't feel like it. Didn't say I was giving you

kid gloves, I said I was playing you straight.

The truth is I like you, always have.

But if you don't get yourself on the right of this thing,

you're never gonna go further than you are now.

Robert-- Drop 'em!

I don't wanna hear another goddamn thing about it.

[♪♪♪]

Okay, what's our plan?

Okay, listen up. They don't know it,

but we're gonna file a change of venue

in addition to our motion to dismiss.

Changing the venue to Omaha doesn't help us.

The laws are harsher.

Doesn't matter, the jury won't be.

What do you mean?

This lawsuit wasn't just filed

by a random bunch of disgruntled backpackers.

It was orchestrated. By who?

Our biggest competitor.

And it just so happens Omaha used to be their headquarters.

Which is now a ghost town. We go after them in Omaha,

they're gonna get their asses kicked.

They'll have no grounds to fight the change of venue,

because it's against our interests.

Exactly. Louis, this is genius.

Yeah, I know. But like I said,

you think I'm a genius now, you just wait.

By the end of today, they're gonna be paying us.

[PHONE VIBRATES] BAILIFF: All rise.

Oh, shit, I have an emergency with my oldest client.

Sure you got this? Oh, I got this.

I feel bad because you're not gonna get to see it.

Hm.

All right.

We're here for a motion to dismiss.

Mr. Litt, do you have your paperwork?

Your Honor, I'm sorry, but due to recent information

coming to light, we need to alter our motion

to change of venue. LAWYER: What?

They have-- They have no basis for that.

We believe we do, Your Honor. Which is why we'd like to call

their lead plaintiff to the stand.

[♪♪♪]

Mind if I cut in? That depends, is it urgent?

To tell you the truth, it is.

Zane already thinks I overstep my bounds.

I don't need him to think

I can't hand in my homework on time.

If that's what he thinks about you,

you can have the copier,

and Robert Zane can go fuck himself.

Hey. Everything okay?

Never been better. Alex.

I'm really not in the mood.

Yeah, I can see that, and I don't care.

What's going on? All right, you want to know?

First thing this morning, Zane tells me

unless I sign Paxson, my name's never going up on that wall.

What? Have you told Harvey? What good would it do?

He's the one who put me in this situation.

I thought you were on board with going after CrytoGen.

I don't give a shit.

Zane didn't wanna, I was ready to back off.

Then back off. And I do that,

I kiss my chances at Name Partner goodbye,

You're not giving Harvey enough credit.

He said, and I quote:

"I'm not interested

in you second-guessing me on Robert Zane's behalf."

Good. What do you mean, "good"?

I mean you're in a Kobayashi Maru.

What does sushi have to do with this?

It's not sushi, it's from Star Trek,

and Harvey's been talking about it for a hundred years.

I always thought it was bullshit, but maybe it's not.

What do you mean? I mean, sooner or later,

everyone finds themselves walled into a no-win situation.

This one's yours, and the way to prove yourself

to both Harvey and Zane is to find a way out anyway.

Well, thanks, Donna. Here I thought going to Harvard

was the way to get ahead, when really,

I should have just been watching old Star Treks.

I didn't. Unless the answer

is in an episode of Cagney & Lacey--

I'm trying to help you.

I'm not in the goddamn mood.

Then let me put it another way.

Unless you can get your name on the wall someplace else,

I suggest you stop worrying and start finding the solution.

If you can't find a way to get yourself out of this situation,

maybe you don't deserve to be Name Partner after all.

[♪♪♪]

So Mr. Larson, when did you decide to file this lawsuit?

About a week after I found out

hackers stole my information.

So you were upset, and then you contacted a lawyer.

Actually, my attorney reached out to me.

Wasn't that convenient?

Soliciting clients isn't a crime.

It's not relevant to change of venue.

Isn't it? When your lawyer approached,

what was the fee you were quoted?

Ten percent, contingent on winning.

And are you aware that the normal fee

for this type of case is three times that?

I'm not one to say no to a bargain.

The bargain where my client's biggest competitor

was paying your lawyers? What?

Objection, speculative.

It won't be when he answers.

Where is this going?

I'll tell you where it's going.

It's going to conspiracy charges

because he approached him

to put my client out of business.

I didn't--

I don't-- Answer the question.

I didn't ask how my lawyer makes his ends meet,

because I'm focused on mine. LOUIS: Let's focus on yours.

Because if I find out that you knew they were driving

this lawsuit, and you lied,

oh, I'm gonna come for your house.

I'm gonna come for your pension--

Objection. Your daughter's piggy bank.

Badgering. I'm not doing anything

a federal prosecutor won't do

if he doesn't tell the truth. You are.

You are pointing a gun at my client's head.

I'm sure you wouldn't like it if I pointed a gun at yours.

[♪♪♪]

JUDGE: Mr. Litt?

[SLOWLY] Mr. Litt?

Lay down and shut up.

And this time, you don't give me your wallet

and give me your phone, and keep your mouth shut,

I won't just kick you.

I'll pull this trigger,

and you'll never see anyone you care about ever again.

[♪♪♪]

Mr. Litt, for the last time, do you have anything further?

[♪♪♪]

Motions to dismiss and change of venue are denied.

[GAVEL BANGS]

[♪♪♪]

You and I need to talk, and we need to talk right now.

No, we don't. If you know what's good for you, you'll get out.

I'm not going anywhere until you explain to me

how one minute, you're ready to book one-way tickets to Omaha,

and the next minute, I find out we've all but lost.

You weren't there. You don't know what happened.

I know that. That's what I'm doing here.

And I told you to get out. And I told you

I'm not going anywhere until you tell me what happened.

Listen to me. I did the best I could,

and I do not want to talk about this anymore.

The best you could?

You're not some first-year associate.

You're a goddamn Name Partner,

who bullied his way onto my case.

Next thing I know, you've laid down like a dog,

let yourself get kicked-- You weren't there!

You weren't there.

You don't know the shit I went through.

You never will.

Now back the hell off,

and get the hell out of my office.

[♪♪♪]

Louis, relax. I was just trying to--

Get the hell out!

Harvey, can I talk to you for a second?

Sure, what's on your mind?

I just got a call from Holly Cromwell.

Don't tell me, she's got another firm

wanting to recruit you, and you're looking to leverage us.

Harvey, this is serious. What is it?

She told me that Alex Williams called

to see what he could get in the marketplace.

Bullshit. It's not bullshit.

He wants to know the odds

of getting his name on the wall elsewhere.

I don't believe it. How could he do this to me?

Instead of thinking about how he could,

you might want to think about why.

I don't care why. You should.

You made it personal between you and Zane.

Alex became an afterthought.

How do you even know about this?

Because before he talked to Holly, he talked to me.

Which is why I know that Zane went to Alex

this morning and told him if he didn't sign Paxson,

he'd never make Name Partner here at all.

Where is he?

Harvey, if you confront Zane,

it'll just make things worse.

I don't care. I am not going to let him

bully my guy into submission.

[♪♪♪]

Hang up the phone right the hell now.

Don't walk into my office and tell me that.

So I can't, but you can walk into

my guy's office and threaten his career?

I didn't threaten his career. I told him like it was.

That's not your call. Bullshit, it's not.

I gave you an order. If you're not gonna follow it,

I'm going to the next man down.

If he doesn't listen, he never gets my vote.

So he's got to listen to you, but not to me?

What the hell do you think Managing Partner means?

Well, if this is what it means,

then maybe I made a bad call

in being gracious and letting you have it.

You weren't gracious. You were recognizing reality.

Which is that I'm better at this than you.

And what you're better at

is doing whatever you feel at any goddamn minute.

What I feel like saying right now is,

Alex is my guy.

He does what I say, and that's final.

That's too bad. I didn't do what either of you said,

and it's too late to take it back.

I don't believe this.

Are you saying you took another job?

No, I got someone else to take another job.

What are you talking about? CrytoGen wanted me

to trick their biggest asset into a lifetime of servitude.

I informed him of his right to go on his own

and signed him as our newest client.

Are you out of your mind? I told you to sign Paxson.

The reason was you didn't want us

dealing with them in bad faith.

Now we didn't. All we did

was take a meeting and not sign them.

You still didn't do what I asked.

You didn't do what I asked, either.

Right, I didn't. If all you want

is a yes-man, then what am I doing?

Listen to me. No, listen to me.

I signed a client that'll be worth

a huge amount to this firm.

I'm a hell of a goddamn lawyer,

and if you can't see that,

I don't want my name next to yours.

Alex-- No, I said what I had to say.

As far as I'm concerned, you two need to work your shit out.

[♪♪♪]

I don't know about you,

but I like the guy when he's angry.

Yeah, you would. That's the same flavor

of bullshit you served Jessica.

What now?

I need to talk to you about your partner.

You mean Robert? I mean Louis Litt.

What about him? Something's wrong with him.

Before you tell me I don't know him,

I'm telling you, this isn't normal behavior.

Even for a man with his reputation.

How can you know? How about I start by saying

he stood up his own clients at a meeting with Robert Zane?

And then somehow shit the bed in court

on a case he had in the bank.

I'm not even gonna get into

how he treated me when I tried to ask about it.

Does anyone else know about this?

Judging by the look I saw on his secretary's face,

I'd say she does.

I'd also say she's not gonna tell me a thing.

Why are you telling me about this, and not Robert?

Because I may be new here,

but I know what friendship looks like.

And right now, I'm telling you. Louis Litt needs a friend.

[♪♪♪]

Harvey. Louis.

You got any plans tonight?

I was thinking we could go out for dinner.

Oh, that's not gonna work for me.

I have to get home to Sheila. Come on.

We've got some stuff to catch up on.

What stuff? From what I hear,

you've had a rough couple days.

It's all good, Harvey. Nothing to worry about.

All good? Come on.

I ask you to dinner once in a blue moon,

and whenever I do, you drop everything.

I used to, but I have Sheila now,

so if you'll excuse me.

You're not leaving until I get an answer.

Don't hide behind Sheila.

Get the hell off me!

What's going on, Louis?

Nothing. You can talk to me.

About what, there's nothing-- Why'd you roll over in court?

Why'd you no-show at dinner? Please stop.

Why do you need me to stop, Louis?

What are you so scared of? Goddamn it, I was mugged.

I was mugged, and I thought I was gonna die, okay?

He had a gun...

that he had pressed to the back of my head.

I can still feel it.

Is that what you wanna hear? Because that's what's going on.

It's okay, buddy. You're okay.

But it's not okay, Harvey. It's not. I'm a mess.

I'd be a mess too. Anyone would.

[♪♪♪]

What if it doesn't go away? It will.

I don't know how long it will take,

or when it'll happen, but I know one thing.

It won't go away if you don't talk about it,

and I don't just mean therapy. Harvey--

Look, you have people here who care about you.

Don't hide it from them. I'm not telling Robert.

Why not? Because you're my friend,

and he's my boss. And he just got here,

and I cannot have him see me as weak.

He won't think you're weak.

He'll think you're strong for telling him.

But I won't be strong. I'm gonna turn into this.

Look at me, Harvey. Look at me.

[SNIFFS]

I can't have him see me like this.

Why don't I tell him for you?

We've got some things to work out between us anyway.

Thank you, Harvey. That would be nice.

[SNIFFS]

[♪♪♪]

[♪♪♪]

What is it, Donna? DONNA: I have your report.

But before you read it, I need to tell you

what I told you before.

This isn't really what I do.

Why bring it to me at all? You asked for it.

More importantly, what I do is what you need right now.

So let me get this straight.

You're gonna come here with a half-assed

excuse for a report, and tell me what I need?

I am, because while you wanted me

to spend my time on something you could've

hired an accounting firm for, I was busy working my ass off

maximizing revenue per square foot the old fashioned way.

By keeping this place together. What?

Between picking a fight with Harvey,

taking a client from Louis,

and whatever you've been up to,

you didn't notice one of your attorneys

was thinking about leaving.

Now, thanks to me, he's gonna stay.

You're talking about Alex?

Yes, of course I'm talking about Alex.

Then Donna, I appreciate what you did.

But if he left, he left. So be it.

Because if I'm gonna lead this firm,

people need to follow my orders.

Maybe the problem isn't with the orders, Robert.

Maybe it's with the man who's giving them.

You may not wanna hear this, but I'm gonna say it anyway.

You think that the reason Rand and Kaldor turned on you

is because you had a soft spot for us.

I think it's because you didn't have a soft spot for them.

And if you treat us the way you treated them,

the same thing's gonna happen here.

I can't just let everyone do what they want.

It's not in me.

I'm just saying, sometimes we need to be smacked in line,

and sometimes, you need to let us do

what we do the way we do it.

[♪♪♪]

I'm going to farm out this revenue per square foot

to an accounting firm.

Thanks, Robert.

[LAUGHS]

What?

I knew you did this whisperer shit with Harvey,

but I didn't think you'd ever do it to me.

I'm gonna let you in on a little secret, Zane.

I do it to everybody.

[LAUGHS]

Alex, you got a second?

ALEX: That depends on what you're here to say.

I'm here to say I'm sorry.

I put you in a position that I shouldn't have,

but I also want to say

you didn't have to talk to that headhunter.

Yeah, Harvey, I did. Why?

You wanna know the truth?

I had to know what kind of leverage I had.

It turns out, there wasn't anybody willing

to put my name on the wall any faster than you.

Which left me open to hear Donna's bullshit.

"Bullshit"? It's really your bullshit.

She said I was in a no-win situation.

And I could bitch about it,

or I could get out of it myself.

Kobayashi Maru. Yep.

Yeah, well, you got yourself out pretty damn well,

and I'm not the only one who thinks so.

Zane was pretty impressed too.

Then I guess I got the job done.

And maybe I should have watched a little Star Trek

growing up after all. What?

How could you never watch it?

It's a stupid show with shitty effects.

You realize I love that show. I don't care.

It's a stupid show with shitty effects.

You may be a hell of a lawyer,

but if you can't appreciate Star Trek,

you're nothing. Captain Kirk is

the best television character ever.

I've got two words for you, motherfucker.

Magnum, P.I.

Those are fighting words, you know.

They're not fighting words, they're drinking words.

So sit on down, and let's hash this out

like two people who can both appreciate M.A.S.H.

Sounds good to me.

[♪♪♪]

[KNOCKS]

Robert. Before you say anything,

let me just say that I'm sorry for what happened,

and I'm more sorry for how I treated you.

I appreciate that, Robert.

But this was my fault, not yours.

Louis, this is not your fault.

And I want you to know you could have come to me.

I just felt so powerless.

Of course you did. You were a victim.

But that doesn't mean you have to feel like one.

How can I not feel like one?

Louis, I'm gonna tell you something nobody knows.

I grew up in a rough place with rough people.

Don't tell me you know what it's like to get mugged?

What I'm trying to tell you is I know what it's like

to be on the other end of it. What?

I was 14 years old.

My friends were all I knew, and I loved them.

But they were messed up.

And one night, they get it in their heads

that they were gonna roll somebody,

and I got caught up in it.

The guy fought back. We had no choice.

We beat him good, put him in the hospital.

Jesus. I know.

And I only did it once,

and it's haunted me my whole life.

It still does.

Are you saying I should feel sorry

for the man who mugged me?

No, no, no, I'm not saying that, Louis.

I'm saying that someday,

he's gonna have to face up to who he is,

and he'll carry that shame for a lifetime.

But you don't have to, because this doesn't have

a single thing to do with who you are.

You hearing me? I'm hearing you.

Good, and Louis, we are a family here.

So from now on, I want you to remember

you can share things with your family.

Okay. I mean, for God's sake.

You didn't think twice about telling me

you were tapping your woman.

That's a fair point. Mm-hm.

[♪♪♪]

[GRUNTS SOFTLY]

Uh, okay. Good man.

You heading home for the night?

DONNA: I was, why? I just wanted to let you know

I talked to Alex, and it's all good.

That's great, Harvey. Just one thing.

Turns out that he didn't call Holly Cromwell.

She called him. So?

So if she called him, why would she then call you

and say he called her? I guess she wouldn't.

I guess I must have called her, and told her to call him.

Mind if I ask why? Because, Harvey.

Sometimes people just need to know where they stand.

What if he'd been able to leverage himself

into Name Partner somewhere else?

Then you and Robert Zane would learn

that if you can't figure shit out,

the only people who are gonna get hurt are you.

[♪♪♪]

Samantha, what are you doing here?

I wanna talk to you.

Look, if this is about earlier--

It is about earlier, but not how you think.

I came here to tell you that the same thing

that happened to you happened to me.

Robert told you, didn't he? He did.

And when it happened, he was there for me.

So now I'm gonna be there for you.

What do you mean "he was there"?

That's not important. What is important

is you're gonna start learning self-defense.

And you're gonna start right now.

I really appreciate you coming by, okay?

But I'm gonna go inside.

Tell me the truth.

When you saw me there, and couldn't make out

whether it was me or not, you were scared, right?

I don't wanna learn self-defense.

Do me a favor. Try to hit me.

I'm not gonna hit you. Try to hit me.

Okay.

Ready? Boop.

That's crazy, right-- Would you just

try to hit me? All right, fine.

All right, mother--

Oh, my God.

You could kill someone, couldn't you?

Probably, but the point is, they couldn't kill me.

Now, get up, it's time for your first lesson.

First things first, you got to be aware of your surroundings,

and you got to learn how to stand.

[♪♪♪]

Okay.

Show me. Okay.

You want to stabilize your core,

so one foot slightly behind the other,

about hip-width apart.

See how it stabilizes? The core.

Yeah. So how many calories

have I burned just now?

Three.

Just because you're talking so much.

Right, okay. Yeah.

All right. Uh--

Now smack me.

[LAUGHS]

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♪ Just in case it exists ♪

♪ I think about The old days ♪

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