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- I want to talk to you

about doing more pro bonos.

- If you want to take on a pro

bono, knock yourself out.

- What is a COO of a law firm

doing handing out pro bonos

in the first place?

- I just thought that it--

- Rhetorical question, Donna.

I don't care what you thought.

- I need you to supervise

Brian Altman.

- Have someone else manage him.

- Damn it, Katrina.

This is your chance

to be senior partner.

- I was just thinking about

where we were a week ago

when I thought you were

cold and heartless.

And I went from that

to being your best friend.

- I wouldn't say best friend.

- You want to know something

about me?

You go ahead and ask.

- And how should I trust that

I'd get a straight answer?

- Because I am

on this team now.

I've got its

best interests at heart.

- I'm getting a divorce.

- What?

- I was hoping

that you could represent me.

It's my brother;

what am I supposed to do?

- I think that this could bring

up a lot of shit for you.

- He still loves you.

He deserves another chance

as a father.

It was one of the hardest

things I've ever had to do.

I swear

it took a piece of me, Donna.

- You could look at it

like you chose to give

a piece of yourself.

Alex.

Can I talk to you

about something?

- Sure, Donna,

what's going on?

- Well, ever since I got

promoted

I've been looking for

a way to give back.

And it turns out

that a friend of mine

is working for a charity

that helps at-risk girls.

And I figured the best way for

me to give some of my time--

- Would be to convince some

lawyers to give some of theirs.

- Exactly.

- Donna, I'd love to say yes,

but I'm slammed right now.

and a charity

like this deserves

more time than I can offer.

- I appreciate you

hearing me out.

I'll find somebody else.

- Donna, I have to ask.

Given how it went

the last time you took on

a pro bono,

have you cleared this

with Robert?

I'd hate to see him bite

your head off a second time.

- Trust me, Alex, I don't make

the same mistake twice.

Robert's good with it.

- Then I hope you find someone

to handle it for you.

- Louis, what can I do for you?

- Not me. I'm here about what

you can do for Emmet Ford.

- You mean the owner

of the hottest online retailer

in the world.

- Yes I do. He wants to

go public; there's a problem;

and you need to drop

everything you're doing.

- Louis, I can't right now.

I'm up to

my eyeballs in the

Ratchinson brief.

- Then give it to someone else.

This is too important.

- Well,

if it's so important,

why don't you

handle it yourself?

- I can't.

- Louis, what's going on?

- Katrina, you need this

to make senior partner.

- What? I thought

I had to show Robert

I could manage people

to make senior partner,

which I did.

- It's not Robert.

Every partner gets a vote.

And Paul goddamn Porter wants--

- Don't tell me.

That douchebag Hanrahan.

- Yes.

Katrina, look,

I know I let you down,

and I'm sorry.

But you bring this home,

I promise

you will be senior partner

next quarter.

- Okay, Louis.

I'll take care of it.

- Good.

Now I have to go deliver

some more shitty news

to someone who's gonna be

less understanding than you.

- I get it. You're going

through with the divorce,

but I don't see why you can't--

No, I'm not okay with it,

Marcus,

but I guess I have to be.

Look, I got to go.

Bye.

Louis, whatever it is,

does it have to be now?

- I wish it didn't, Harvey,

but I got a call from

Dominic Barone a week ago.

Aston Martin put in offer

to acquire McKernon Motors.

- And I assume

you're here to ask

where they should shove

that offer because--

- I'm here to tell you

Dominic's taking it.

- Louis,

if McKernon is acquired--

- Dominic won't be

our client anymore. I know.

- Undo it. Nevermind.

I'll call him myself.

- Harvey, it is what he wants.

- Bullshit, he doesn't know

what he wants.

- Yes, he does.

And he's my client now.

It's a done deal,

and I need you to accept

what he wants,

even if it means losing him.

- Louis.

I've been looking for you.

Joan Walsh is here.

- Wait, what?

She's not on my schedule.

- I know.

She says it's an emergency.

- Well, I'm sorry I don't have

time for her right now, Donna.

- Why the hell not?

- Because...

I have an appointment

on my other schedule.

- What's that supposed to mean?

- It means I need to see Sheila

right now, okay?

And you know why.

- Let me get this straight.

You're leaving the office

when a client has an emergency

so you can fool around

with your girlfriend.

- Harvey.

- Yes, I am.

And I know this isn't

the best time to ask,

but she is an old client

of yours.

So if you can

please take the meeting,

I will handle whatever it is

when I get back.

- Sure, Louis,

you go ahead and enjoy

your afternoon delight.

I'll just be here letting

Dominic sell his company

and babysitting Joan Walsh

while you're gone.

- Harvey. What are you

doing here? I was--

- Expecting Louis?

Well,

he's not available right now,

but I hear you have

an emergency, Joan.

So why don't you read me in.

- A model named Daisy Jones

posted a video claiming

my concealer gave her

an allergic reaction.

Sales on my new line

are tanking.

- All right,

I'll take care of it.

Where is she based?

New York or Miami?

- Cleveland.

- I'm sorry?

- She's not your typical model,

Harvey.

She's a digital influencer.

- All right, well,

who is she managed by?

- Her mother, last I checked.

- Joan, how old is this person?

- 16.

- Then,

with all due respect,

send her a gift basket

and be done with it.

- Harvey, you don't get it.

This girl has

50 million followers.

We need to sue her

into the ground before

she tanks my whole company.

- We also need to be

conscious of your image,

and suing a 16-year-old

isn't a pretty picture.

- It's not the picture

I'm worried about, Harvey.

It's that video.

So are you going to find

a way to get it down,

or do I need to find

another firm who can?

- ♪ 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 ♪

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- Good morning, Donna.

- Samantha.

What can I do for you today?

- Actually,

I thought there might be

something I can do for you.

I heard you're looking

for representation

for your charity.

- Oh, that's nice

of you to offer,

but I know how much

Robert leans on you,

and I don't think

he's gonna be okay

with me doing it

if it means you doing it.

- Why do I get the feeling

that even if you would be

okay with me doing this

you aren't?

- Okay.

Do you want the truth?

I don't think

you're the person for this.

- Because you still

don't trust me.

- Because you haven't

shown me I can.

- Okay, have it your way.

I'm sure Alex

will knock it out of the park.

Oh wait,

he's too busy.

You could always try

one of those junior partners.

Of course, they're all

too afraid of Robert

to spend billable

hours on a pro bono.

- Are you done?

- I don't know. Am I?

- Not until you tell me why

you want this so much.

- Well, if I told you

it's because I care

about the work this charity

does you'd never believe me.

So why don't we just say

it's because

a little birdie asked me to.

- Okay, Samantha.

I'll send you their files.

- Brian, there you are.

I need your help

with something.

- Sure, what is it?

- Emmet Ford hit a roadblock

getting listed on

the stock exchange

and we need to blow

that roadblock away.

- Whoa, whoa, Katrina,

whatever this is,

you can handle this yourself.

Why are you coming

to me with it?

- Three reasons.

One, you have more

stock exchange experience

than I do.

Two, I want a show of force.

- And three?

- Let's just say

Donna once said

that you make everyone

around you better.

And I need to be

at my best on this case.

- Then I accept.

- Then read up.

We're meeting them in an hour.

- Donna, just the person

I was about to come see.

- Oh, is that a fact?

- You seem perturbed.

- I am.

Because Samantha just asked

to represent my charity

and there's no way

she would have done that

if she hadn't

heard about it from you.

- Donna,

you two got off on

the wrong foot,

and I know for a fact

she wants to fix it.

- And how do you know that?

- Because when

I came to her with this

She said it'll kill two birds

with one stone,

and one of those birds

was making good with you.

- Well, I still wish

you hadn't gone to her at all.

- Does that mean

I should tear up this check?

- This is a donation

for $5 million.

- That Samantha insisted I get

before she took on

your charity.

Donna,

she's serious about this.

- Okay, Alex,

I'll give her a chance.

Thank you for this check.

- Mr. Ford,

I'm Katrina Bennett.

This is Brian Altman.

- It's nice to meet you both.

- We've read up on

your situation,

but we want to hear it

directly from you.

- Okay, here it is.

I've spent the last six months

trying to drum up interest

in our IPO.

And then at the eleventh hour,

the stock exchange

pulls a rug out from under me.

- Why would they do that?

- Ask Marc Aiken.

- The Chairman of the board?

- Yeah.

The jackass has

had it in for me

ever since we worked together

at Goldman.

The board said

they pulled support

because of concern over

our site's content,

but I know damn well--

- It's just a pretext

for Marc to screw you over.

- Exactly.

If I don't get

this infusion of capital,

I am dead in the water.

- Then all we need

to do is show

this is bad faith

and you're in.

- And that shouldn't

be too hard.

All we need

are those board minutes.

- I tried that myself already;

they're sealed.

- Then we need to unseal them.

- How?

- By getting it on record

that Marc Aiken

hates your guts.

- All right,

I understand we're here

because of a few blackheads.

So what's it gonna take

to get that video down?

- My client's complexion

is her livelihood, Mr. Specter.

Not only did this incident

harm her brand,

it brought her

emotional anguish.

- It was so bad I couldn't post

a video for a week.

- Except the one defaming

my client.

- Well, I had to show people

what it did to my face.

It was shaming.

- Which is why in addition

to the video staying up

we've prepared this.

- Listen to me,

if every 16-year-old girl

filed suit every time

she wasn't happy with

what she saw in the mirror,

our legal system would

grind to a halt.

- I'm not every

16-year-old girl, Mr. Specter.

And you want me to take down

that video and not file this?

I want $10 million.

- I see.

So this is a shakedown?

- This is a legitimate claim,

and your wisest

course of action

would be to write that check.

- My course of action

is gonna be

to hit you with

a defamation suit

because you have no proof

our product caused

your break outs.

- And I don't think

you understand

that I have

50 million followers

who will do anything

I tell them to.

So even if that video

comes down,

I can tell them not

to use your client anyway.

- That's it.

I don't care how old you are.

You know what you're doing.

You deserve

what's coming for you,

and this meeting's over.

.

- Okay, Harvey.

- Okay, what?

- Okay.

Why don't you make your jokes

about me and Sheila

procreating so we can get

to you filling me in

on Joan's emergency.

- I don't need to fill you in,

Louis.

I got it from here.

- No, you don't have anything.

You were just supposed

to babysit her.

- That's the thing about

actually being at work, Louis.

Situations change

and you make adjustments.

- This isn't a situation.

This is you taking my client.

- And you were the one okay

with clients leaving

if that's what they wanted.

- So that's what this is about.

Your mad because I let Dominic

do what was best for him.

- No, this is about

you left the office

to get

your girlfriend knocked up.

I started working a case,

and I'm gonna finish it.

- Don't you bring

Sheila into this.

- I didn't, Louis.

You did.

Now, you listen to me closely

'cause I'm not

gonna say this again.

Your services are no longer

needed on this case.

- Mr. Aiken, exactly how do you

feel about Emmet Ford?

- Ambivalent.

- Ambivalent?

You worked together

for seven years.

- Asked and answered.

Where is this going?

- It's going to the fact

that your client

deliberately tried to sabotage

Emmet Ford's IPO

because he doesn't like him.

- That's bullshit.

- Really,

then why did you punch him?

- What?

- Why would you throw

a punch at someone

if you like them?

- I didn't say I like him,

and that incident

happened on

the trading floor at Goldman.

Throwing punches

was considered friendly.

- I got to tell you, Marc,

it doesn't sound friendly.

- I don't care

what it sounds like.

- Then let me tell you

how it looks.

You had a fight;

you held a grudge;

and when you got

the chance to screw over

a man you hate,

you took it.

- I didn't screw him over.

- But you do hate him,

don't you?

- Okay, you know what?

I can't stand him.

I think he's a sanctimonious

son of a bitch

and if I never seem him again,

it'll be too soon,

but I did not

keep him off that exchange.

- Then if you're not going

to tell us the truth

about that,

the board minutes will.

- You have no right

to those minutes.

- We do, now that he's

admitted personal bias.

- So either we can subpoena

those minutes

and show this tape

in open court,

or you can turn them

over today.

- But you better decide fast

because I've already drafted

that subpoena.

- You'll have them

by the end of the day.

- And then I said,

"It's not the same."

And then he said,

"Well, you're the one

who's okay with clients

with leaving."

And then he brought up Sheila,

and then I got really mad,

and then I got really sad

and called you.

Now fix it.

- Louis, customarily

I find your frustrations

with Harvey to be entirely

of your own making,

but in this instance,

it sounds like Harvey

may be the one in the wrong.

- Holy shit,

I need to go out

and buy a lotto ticket

right now.

- Louis,

stay with me.

You two have known each other

a long time.

You've had your ups and downs.

- Yeah, I know, it's like

we're almost in a relationship.

- Not almost,

it is a relationship.

- Oh, my God.

I'm in a relationship

with Harvey.

Can I be the boy?

Oh, scratch that,

I don't even give a shit.

I'm in a relationship

with Harvey.

- And would you like to work

on that relationship?

Or spend the rest

of the session

celebrating its existence.

- I think we both know

the answer to that,

but I'll settle

for working on it.

- In that case...

what would Harvey say

if you were to ask

him why he is so upset?

- I don't know.

He's Harvey.

He'd say, "I'm right.

You're wrong."

Touch his hair and leave.

- Louis.

If you cannot see him

as human being,

I cannot help you.

- What if I brought him in?

- Excuse me?

- You do couple's counseling.

What if I brought him in

to work on our relationship?

- That is not exactly

what I meant--

- You just said we're a couple.

- I didn't say that.

- Well, then what did you say?

Because I don't know

what he's feeling,

but I do know

that we need help.

- Okay, Louis.

If you can bring him in,

I'll help.

- Did you finish reading

the minutes?

- Yes. I read them twice

to make sure

I wasn't missing anything.

- Well, you didn't.

All these show

is hours of Aiken lobbying

to keep Emmet's business

and everyone else lobbying

against him.

- I know. He set us up.

So we'd spend half

the day wasting our time

while the clock on

that IPO is ticking.

Now I have to stay here

all night because

we're running out of time,

and I'm not losing this case.

- Then I just have

one question.

Indian or Chinese?

Because if you're staying here

all night, I am too.

- Indian.

Thanks, Brian.

- Don't you look nice.

We doing costume changes in

the middle of the day now?

- Okay, first of all,

it is not

the middle of the day,

and, second,

I'm going to a gala

for the charity

that you said

you didn't have time for.

- Well, if I'd known you

were gonna dress like that,

I'd have made time.

- And if had known

that a married man

was going to hit on me

at work, I would have

served him with papers.

- Come on, baby,

don't be like that.

Seriously, Donna, I'm glad it

worked out with Samantha.

- Thanks, Alex.

I'm glad it did too.

- Brian, I don't know

where you found this place,

but this is the best masala

I've had since college.

- I just realized

this is, like, our third dinner

we've had together,

and I don't even know

where you went to college.

- Well, if you must know,

I went to Princeton,

but before you can ask about

my major, I couldn't dec--

- Holy shit, Princeton.

- Brian, it's not

that big a deal.

Everybody here went

to Harvard Law--

- I'm not talking about that.

I'm talking about Tony Gold.

- Who's Tony Gold?

- He was my rival on

the debate team in high school.

He knew Princeton was my dream

and that my parents couldn't

afford to send me

to the interview in person.

So Tony offered

to let me ride up

with his family

as an olive branch.

- How'd the interview go?

- He never picked me up.

Princeton thought I'd bailed;

he got in; I didn't.

- Brian, that's horrible.

- It is, but Tony came up

with a bullshit story

about why they never showed,

and I believed him.

Until his little brother

told me the truth

a few months later.

- What are you saying?

- I'm saying Tony couldn't

keep it to himself.

Because when you do something

like that--

- You have to tell someone.

Which means all we need

to do is find

Marc Aiken's little brother.

- You got a little masala

on your...

Other side.

Your--here.

Let me get it.

[laughs]

- What?

- I just made it

1,000 times worse.

You look like Ronald McDonald.

- I thought you do this with

your son, like, every day.

- Well, I haven't had

to do it with him in months

because his food is the train,

and he keeps it in the station.

- Ha ha, give me that napkin.

- No.

Not till after

I take a picture.

- No, you are not taking

a picture of me.

- Well, maybe you should

have thought of that

before you let me wipe sauce

all over your face.

All right, I'll get it off.

I don't think we should eat

anymore masala.

- Donna, I cannot thank you

enough for your donation.

You're already making such

a difference.

- Oh, please, Peggy,

you're the ones

making the real difference.

I'm just happy

I could help you do it.

Will you excuse me

for a minute?

- Sure.

- Samantha.

- Donna.

- I have to say I didn't expect

to see you here.

- I didn't expect to be here.

- Did you come to show me how

good you look all dressed up?

- What if I came to see how

good you look all dressed up?

- Miss Wheeler,

are you flirting with me?

- And how would

that make you feel if I was?

- Are you kidding?

I went to theater camp.

- Hm.

- But I would still like

to know why you're here.

I mean, you don't strike me

as the kind of person

who would come to an event like

this unless she had to.

- I wouldn't,

but if I'm gonna represent

these people,

I need to know

what they do

and how they do it.

- While we're on

the subject of working,

I got that check from Alex.

- Is that your way of saying

you're good with me doing this?

- It is, but it's not just

because of the money.

You're here showing interest.

That's just the kind

of representation

this place needs.

- Well, in that case, maybe

we should hit up the food.

I may not have come

for the shrimp cocktail,

but I'm gonna eat the shit

out of some.

- I've already had

16 oysters myself.

17th won't hurt anybody.

.

- I don't know about you,

but not all the cocktails I

had last night were shrimp.

- Thank you, Donna.

You didn't have to.

- Just like you didn't have

to take on this charity.

But I got the impression

from Alex that he saw

a side of you that I hadn't,

and last night I think

I started to see it too.

- Well, as long as

we're talking about last night,

I may have found

something wrong.

- What do you mean?

- I mean, charities typically

spend 5% of their budget

on fundraising,

but based on the disclosures

I got from your friend, Peggy,

they've been at 5.3%

for the last five years.

- Sound like

a simple rounding error.

- Donna.

I have a nose for

this kind of thing,

and I think Peggy

is up to something shady.

- And the problem

with people who fix things

is they can't stop looking

for problems to fix.

- You think I'm making this up?

- I think you're making .3%

into more than it is.

- And I think the devil

is in the details,

and I am telling you

this detail is trouble.

- Okay.

If you're so sure,

I'll talk to Peggy.

- Maybe I should be the one--

- Samantha,

if my friend has been

lying to me,

I'm not gonna ignore it.

I'm gonna turn on

my spidey senses,

and I'm gonna find out

if you're right,

and what I want you to do

is not try to fix

this in the meantime.

- Okay.

Let me know what you find.

- Harvey,

we need to talk

because our relationship

needs tending.

- Our what needs what?

- You heard me.

We're in a relationship,

and it's not working.

- Then break up with me

and go out with somebody else

'cause I'm busy.

- Harvey, I am serious.

We're partners.

We need to work on

our relationship,

and we need help doing it.

- Louis, what exactly

are you getting at?

- Dr. Lipschitz.

- Your therapist?

- Yeah, and he agreed--

- No.

- But--

- Louis, there's no way

I'm going to a session

with your therapist.

- Actually it would be

for the both of us.

- Are you ----ing kidding me?

That's the dumbest thing

I've ever heard.

- Well,

he thinks it's a good idea.

- Which just goes to show

that he's an idiot,

and so are you.

- Don't turn this on me

and don't talk about him

that way.

- What's going on here?

- Harvey won't go to

couple's counseling with me.

- What?

- Exactly.

- No, not exactly.

Because you took my client;

you're upset about Dominic;

you insulted me, my therapist,

and the woman I love.

- And none of that

would have happened

if you put the needs

of this firm

over your afternoon delight.

- And here we go again.

- Louis,

will you give us a minute?

- Donna, I don't want

to talk about this.

- Too bad,

because I heard the way

you spoke to Louis before

and just now,

and there's clearly

stuff going on with you

that you're not dealing with.

Probably has something

to do with

what you just went through

with Marcus.

- This has nothing to do

with him getting a divorce.

- He's what?

- He called.

They're not gonna try

to work it out.

- [sighs]

Well, I don't care

if you go see Lipschitz

or someone else, but you need

to deal with yourself.

And stop treating Louis

like you used to

because he's not

that man anymore.

And I thought you were neither.

- Okay, thanks for your time.

- Anything?

- [sighs]

Nothing.

That was the 15th person

I've called

that knows Marc Aiken,

and no one says

they're anything more

than an acquaintance.

- That tracks with

what Emmet told me.

The man has no friends,

no family,

just a bunch of associates

who can barely stand him.

- The guy I just talked to

said he's got

a standing tee time

at Quaker Ridge

for the sole purpose of

advancing his career.

- I bet it works.

My father would tolerate

anyone to play there.

- Your dad's a golfer?

- Yeah. I am too, actually.

- Huh, I had no idea.

- Well, I don't get to play

as much as I'd like.

Wait a second.

- What?

- If he has

a standing tee time,

he has a standing caddy.

And a caddy might not

be someone he confides in,

but if all he ever talks

about is business--

- We need to get

to Quaker Ridge.

Let's go.

- You go.

We're running out of time,

and if you get something,

we're going to need a complaint

ready to file with the SCC.

- Oh, Harvey,

if you are here to tell me

that you think

another of my ideas is stupid--

- I'm not here

to tell you that, Louis.

I'm here to say I'll go see

Lipschitz with you.

- Do you really mean that,

or is this gonna be

like the time that you said

you would take me to dinner

for my 35th birthday

,and you never showed up.

- It's not gonna be

like that time.

- And what about the time--

- Not that time either.

I'll show up for this.

I promise.

- And that's exactly what you

said the time--

- Louis, if you mention

one more time,

it will be like

all those times.

- Then I want you to know

that I really appreciate

you doing this, Harvey.

And to save time

when we get there,

you should know that I sit

on the left-hand side

of the couch.

- Fine.

- And I probably don't need

to tell you this,

but you don't have

to bring your own tissues.

- Why would I bring

my own tissues?

- Because we're gonna be doing

some deep work, Harvey.

So if you need to have

a good cry,

I just want you to know

that you're safe,

and I will not judge you.

- See you there, Louis.

- Wait, do you think

we should hug now

to set the tone

or do it after--

okay, we'll do it after.

Good call.

- Hey, what are you doing?

- Don't act like

you don't know, Donna.

I've been fired.

- What? How could I know that?

- Because it happened after

Samantha Wheeler

called my CEO and put

a stop payment on that check.

- Peggy, you have got

to believe me.

I had nothing to do with that.

- What difference does it make?

My boss blamed me for

getting us involved with you,

and he fired me.

- That's bullshit.

- What's bullshit

is that I trusted you.

And now I'm out on my ass.

- You can still trust me,

Peggy.

I swear I'm gonna

make this right.

What the hell

is wrong with you?

- Donna--

- I specifically told you

not to do anything

until you heard from me,

and you said you wouldn't.

- I said I'd let you

talk to Peggy, and I did.

- After you called up her boss,

put a stop payment on

that check, and got her fired.

- I didn't call her boss

to get her fired.

I called because I decided

to trust your judgment.

- What is that

supposed to mean?

- It means I asked myself,

"What if Donna's right?"

What if the only thing

going on is some vendors

taking advantage of a charity.

So I called up the CEO

and offered a solution.

And he said, "No, thanks,

we like our current situation."

- So you ran a stress test

after I told you not to.

- I called a client

and made a suggestion.

- Don't bullshit me.

- Okay, fine.

It was a test,

but I'm not gonna let

a client donate $5 million

to anyone without knowing

what's what.

So I killed two birds

with one stone.

- Which is exactly

what you said to Alex

and making good with me

was supposed to be

one of those birds.

- God damn it, Donna,

why don't you ever seem

to believe me?

- Maybe because you never

give anyone the full story.

- You want the full story?

They are stealing money

from little girls.

Maybe that doesn't

matter to you,

but it sure as hell

as matters to me.

- You don't know

what matters to me.

And there are about

500 different ways

you could have handled this,

and you picked the one

that cost me my friend.

So as far as I'm concerned,

I was right about you

all along.

.

- Now that we've made

our introductions,

I'd like to start with Harvey

describing what he thinks

Louis' perspective

is on the situation.

- I don't feel comfortable--

- Please, just say the first

thoughts that come to mind.

- About how Louis thinks?

Huh.

Let's see...

Cats, ballet, Harvey Specter.

Something like that.

- That is not

what I sound like.

- All right, Louis.

You wanna know

what you sound like to me?

"I've been jealous

of you since day one.

"You were always Jessica's

favorite and everyone else's.

"You got everything I wanted

without ever trying.

"In fact,

I'm trying to have a baby

"because, I-I-I think it will

take my mind off you

even though I know

deep inside it won't."

- Tell him to stop.

- He's being honest about

his feelings, Louis.

- What about

your feelings about

who's fault

this whole thing was?

- Louis.

- What?

I should have known

you just wanted

to get me in here

to have him tell me

this is my fault.

- It is your fault.

- Louis, we are not here

to discuss fault.

- Well,

then why the hell are we here?

Because he took my client;

he won't give her back;

and he needs to apologize

about what he just said

about me having a baby.

- I am not apologizing

about anything.

You wanted me to come here.

You said this was a safe place.

And now you can't handle

what I think about

you trying to have a baby.

- Oh, no, you don't get

to make this my fault.

Because it's always my fault,

but I thought this time

we could come here

so you could tell him

that it's his fault,

but if all you're gonna do

is mock me

and all you're gonna do

is coddle him,

well, then you can keep

Joan Walsh;

you can go to hell;

and this whole session is over.

- Well,

this was a waste of time.

- Maybe so,

but for what it's worth...

I think you have some things

you could work on.

And provided Louis was okay...

I'd be happy to talk

with you any time.

- Alex,

I need you to reverse

that stop payment.

- What?

- I said I need you

to call up that client

and tell them to let

that donation go through.

- Well, I'm not gonna do that

because Samantha told me

what's going on.

- Samantha doesn't know

what's going on,

and you were wrong

to involve her.

- So this is about me.

- No, this is about the fact

that my friend just got fired.

- Well, I'm sorry to hear that,

Donna, but I can't help you.

- Then don't help me.

Help the charity.

Because you're taking money

away from people who need it.

- Donna,

if I do what you're asking

I might as well tell my clients

they can't trust my advice.

And my advice to you

is get your head on straight.

- You're saying I'm not seeing

this clearly.

- I'm saying Samantha

specializes in shady shit.

So if she suspects

something's up

you might not believe it,

but I do.

And I'm not cutting

that charity another check.

- Almost done?

- Oh.

Sorry, Katrina.

- That's okay.

I take it you were thinking

about something.

- To tell you the truth,

I actually came in here

to think.

But I've hogged

this thing long enough.

It's all yours.

- As long as you're here,

do you mind

if I ask you a question?

- Of course, what is it?

- Louis said if I win this case

I'll finally make

senior partner, but--

- He's said that before,

and you wanna know

if this time it's true?

- I do.

- Then the answer is yes.

It is.

- Thanks, Donna.

- As long as you're here,

do you mind

if I ask you something?

What's going on with

you and Brian?

- What?

- I noticed when the two of you

were working together

last night you seemed

to have gotten...

closer.

- We have.

We've become friends.

- Looks like you might be

becoming more than that.

- Donna, he's married.

He has a son.

I would never do it.

- I know,

but I also know that the heart

doesn't always listen

to what the brain says

it would never do.

- Well,

you don't need to worry

because I don't feel anything

for Brian except friendship.

- Then good luck with the case.

Copier's all yours.

- So what do you want do now,

Stan?

Tell me Drake the Snake

was my fault too?

- Louis, I know our session

didn't go as planned,

but I do think there

is still some hope.

So...

I'd like your blessing

to begin seeing Harvey

one on one.

- Are you ----ing kidding me?

You're choosing his side again?

- I am not choosing his side,

Louis.

I am trying to help

both of you.

- No, you're not,

because anyone who has a choice

between Harvey and me

always chooses him.

You know it's my biggest fear,

and you made it out

like it was all my fault.

- No, I didn't,

and I stand by my assessment.

There are aspects

of this situation

that are of Harvey's making.

- Well, then why didn't you say

that to him, Stan?

- Because, Louis,

when someone is hurting,

you don't throw stones

at them.

- What do you mean

Harvey's hurting?

- I mean, people lash out

when they are in pain.

He lashed out at you,

and if you care about

your relationship with him,

you will let me do my job.

- What if I don't care about

my relationship with him,

and I'd rather keep you

to myself?

- Louis, I know

how much you care

about Harvey

even when he hurts you.

That is something I have always

admired about you,

and I do not think you should

take it lightly.

- All right,

he can see you,

but he doesn't have

my blessing.

- Katrina, I talked

to Aiken's caddy.

I tried every trick

in the book. He froze me out.

- We didn't just get

frozen out, Brian.

They slapped us

with a countersuit

for slandering Marc.

We just made it

1,000 times worse.

- Shit.

Look, maybe we can still--

- I can't ----ing believe it!

- Katrina, it's just a case.

- No, it's not just a case.

It's my senior partnership.

- What?

But I thought Louis said--

- I know what he said,

but there was a hitch.

This was the case

to put me over the top.

- Why didn't you tell me?

- Because it's my career

and my responsibility.

- Katrina,

I'm not just the other name

on this lawsuit;

I'm your friend.

If senior partner's on the line

for you, it is for me too.

Now, we can still--

- Not just a name on a lawsuit.

That's it.

- What's it?

- The attorney of record

on this suit isn't

the same attorney

Aiken took the deposition with.

He changed lawyers in

the middle of the case.

- What are you getting at?

- They sent back

the deposition last night

and the new guy signed it.

Brian, it's one thing

to have him handle

the slander case,

but to sign off

on a deposition.

- Holy shit.

The first guy knew

Aiken was lying,

and he wouldn't sign it.

He wouldn't suborn perjury.

Katrina, we got him.

- I know.

Okay.

We're going to get that tape.

We're gonna look

at his reaction

when Aiken says he's innocent.

We're gonna find out

their entire history together.

I don't care

if it takes all night.

- This is fantastic.

I'm gonna go order that masala;

you're gonna get it all

over your face;

I'm not even gonna tell you

about it this time.

- You better tell me about it

just like you better

get extra naan.

- Triple supreme naan it is.

I'm just gonna go order it,

call my wife real quick

to tell her not to wait up,

and then you and I--

- Wait, stop.

No.

- No what?

- You're not staying tonight.

I can handle this myself,

and I'm going to.

- Katrina, what's going on?

Did I do something wrong?

- You've done nothing wrong,

Brian.

But you've got a wife

and a baby,

and I'm not going

to keep you from them

anymore than I already have.

- Katrina, I told you

if your partnership's

on the line,

my partnership's on the line.

- I know, but I got this.

Go home.

- You mind if I come in?

- No.

I was just about

to come see you.

- Well, before you tell me why,

I'd like to apologize.

- You would?

- Yes.

I realized

I'm too close to this.

And instead of hearing you,

I lashed out, and I'm sorry.

- You realized?

- I went to see Alex.

- Well, that's funny,

because I wanted

to apologize too.

- You wanted to apologize?

- Donna, I told you

I wouldn't take action,

and I shouldn't have.

But I couldn't help myself.

because I care about

the kids this charity

is supposed to serve.

But you wouldn't know that,

because like you said,

I never tell anyone

the full story.

And the reason

I never tell the full story

is because I just don't trust--

- People.

- Pretty much.

Yeah.

- Alex talked to you after

he talked to me, didn't he?

- He did.

- We might have to do something

about that guy.

- We might.

But not before we do something

about this situation.

Because I'm not gonna

let them get away

with scamming children.

- I'm with you on that.

- Then let me ask.

You read people.

Are you absolutely sure

Peggy wasn't in on this,

because they could have

fired her even if she was.

- I am 100% sure.

- Then I know what to do.

.

- I'm glad you decided

to come in.

- You mind if I ask how

you got Louis to agree

to let me see you?

- I don't,

but I would prefer to ask:

when Louis came in

and said you were losing

this McKernon Motors,

how did you feel?

- You want to just

jump right in, huh?

- Yes, I do.

- Well, how do you think

I felt? I didn't like it.

- Because you were losing

your oldest client?

- Because Louis told me

there was nothing

I could do about it.

And then Donna came in

and said Joan was there,

and Louis couldn't even

take care of her.

- And it irritated you?

- It infuriated me.

- Why?

- Because he told me

that I couldn't have

what I wanted

and then he put

his own selfish interests

above the firm's.

- Forgive me, Harvey,

but isn't that Louis'

historical concern about you?

- This is different.

- I think perhaps

it is different

because he is the one

doing it to you,

and more importantly,

what those

selfish interests are.

- What are you getting at?

- When you two were here,

you spent

quite a lot of time

on Louis having a baby.

- So?

- So would you ever want

to have a baby? Or a family?

- I have a family,

and if you're gonna say

this has something to do

with my brother's divorce--

- I didn't even know your

brother was getting a divorce.

- Well, he is.

- That must be painful.

- Of course it's painful.

My family's falling apart,

and at the same time

I'm getting it rubbed

in my face

that Louis' family is growing.

- Forgive me, Harvey,

but...

Louis did not rub anything

in your face.

- No, he didn't.

- But perhaps it feels that way

because for the first time,

Louis has something

in his life that you do not.

- Jesus Christ, you're saying

I'm envious of Louis.

- And what if you were?

- I'd ask what in God's name

am I supposed to do with that?

- Does is it occur to you

to share that with him?

- No, even if I wanted to,

he's pissed off at me.

- He would forgive you

in a moment.

- And even if he did,

I'm afraid to--

- To what, Harvey?

Louis makes space

for the people

in his life whom he loves.

- He makes space for people

like Sheila and a baby,

but--

- But what?

- But once he has that baby,

he might not make space for me.

- Where would you get

a notion like that,

that Louis wouldn't

have time for you?

- Because they leave.

Everyone leaves:

Mike, Rachel, Jessica,

my sister-in-law.

Everyone.

- Well, I can tell you

if you keep treating

Louis like this,

you may cause him

to leave yourself.

- James Davenport?

I'm Donna Paulsen,

and this is my colleague

Samantha Wheeler.

- The same Samantha Wheeler

that had a $5 million donation

yanked from us?

- The Samantha Wheeler

who offered you a venue

for your next event

for a fraction of the one

you've been using,

and you said no.

- Which means you cut a deal

with your current venue

where you overpay and they

kick back a percentage to you.

- Specifically,

.3% of your annual budget.

- Get out of my office.

- I don't think so, James.

Because we may not have

had time to find proof,

but a reporter will.

- Especially after we tell them

that you fired

an innocent woman

just because a potential donor

asked a few questions

about your books.

- When you put it that way,

it sounds like

he did all this

to cover his guilty ass.

- Maybe we should give that

to the "Journal."

That's a nice turn of phrase.

- Thank you, Donna.

- What do you want?

- We want you to step down

and name

Peggy Davis

as your replacement.

- You can't be serious.

- You don't want to find out

how serious we are, James.

- Because you're looking

at two pissed-off women

who know exactly what you did

and how to prove it.

[dramatic music]

- You'll have my resignation

by tonight.

- Good.

And don't look at me like that.

If it wouldn't mean

your charity

would go out of business,

you'd be spending

the next five years in prison.

♪ ♪

- Hey.

- Hey.

- How'd it go?

- We won.

- Listen, about last night--

- Brian, I didn't mean

to come off like--

- You didn't come off

like anything.

I just wanted to thank you

for not making me stay.

- But I thought you wanted--

- I know. I wanted to help.

But Julie and I,

we had a great time.

Austin slept through the night,

and we actually stayed up

and watched

"The Breakfast Club."

- What's that?

- Uh, just Julie and my

favorite movie of all time.

- I've never heard of it.

- Oh, my God.

You've never even heard of it?

You have to see it.

I'm bringing you a copy.

- Brian,

you don't have to do that.

- I know I don't,

but that's what friends do.

- Friends.

- Yeah, friends.

That's what we said, right?

- Yes, it is.

And thanks, I would love

to see it sometime.

- Hey, you want to get

some lunch?

- Sure.

I mean, that's also

what friends do, right?

[uplifting music]

- Am I your first friend?

- [laughs]

You know you're not.

Come on, let's go.

♪ ♪

- [sighs] You get

that letter of resignation?

- Right here.

And Peggy's job offer

is on its way.

- Look, Donna--

- Listen, Samantha--

- Let me go first this time.

I was thinking

about how I don't trust people.

And I thought

maybe I should start.

And then I thought,

maybe I should start

by telling you

why I cared so much about this

charity in the first place.

- Is this a rosé story

or a martini story?

- Whiskey.

- How about tonight?

- That would be nice.

Meet you in the lobby

in half an hour?

- You got it.

See you down there.

[mellow music]

- I'm glad I caught you in here

of all places.

- Why's that?

- Because we have

a lot of history here.

And it seems

like the right place

for me to make things right.

- You must have gone

to see Stan.

- I did.

Thank you for that.

- Make things right.

Thanking me.

What went on in there?

- Among other things,

he helped me realize

I care about you;

I value you;

and I was afraid of--

- Losing me?

Which is why

you pushed me away.

Oh, my God.

You pulled a Litt.

Harvey, you became me.

- Louis,

I wouldn't go that far.

- Oh, no, you would.

And you did.

We are brothers

from another mother.

And if you don't say that

right now,

I'm gonna tell everyone

you're afraid of losing me.

- Louis.

- Right now.

Starting with Paul Porter.

- We're brothers

from another mother.

- I'm sorry, I couldn't--

could you repeat that?

- No, Louis, I couldn't.

- Why not?

- Because I know

you're about to record it

on your Dictaphone.

- And what if I am?

Because if you don't

say it again,

I'm gonna tell everyone

you're afraid of losing me.

- And if you say that

one more time,

our friendship's over,

and I'm never looking back.

Because I suffered

a momentary weakness,

but let's not forget

who's who in this situation.

- I'll never mention it again.

- Now, put your hands

where I can see 'em.

- Why?

- Just do it.

- What the hell

did you do that for?

- Because, you and me

are going out tonight.

I'm gonna say

a lot of nice things to you,

and there isn't gonna be

any record of it.

- I can live with that.

Wait a minute.

How long did it take for you

to come to that with Stan?

- About 25 minutes, why?

- I don't believe it.

You're even better at therapy

than I am.

- Maybe I am.

But trust me.

Stan likes you better than me,

and he always will.

- You really think so?

- No, Louis, I don't.

- Wait a minute.

Does this mean

I get to have Joan back?

[upbeat music]

- You sure can.

And your first order

of business

is gonna be telling her

we filed suit

against a 16-year-old

that's gonna make her

look like shit.

- What?

You really did that?

- What can I tell you, Louis?

The fear of losing you

makes a man do crazy things.

- Well, in that case,

after Sheila and I

are pregnant,

do you want to go mudding?

- No, Louis, I don't.

- Well, h--