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He's not just suing us.

He's trying to get
a guilty verdict

so he can use it
and come after my license.

What?

Donna was the one
who told you about Simon,

but I want you
to say it was me.

If you can't tell me
who you were to him,

maybe you can tell me
who he is to you.

I just know
that he's somebody

that I can't seem to figure out
how to cut out of me.

You knew because Harvey Specter
told you.

I knew because Robert Zane
told me.

Mr. Kessler, who was it?

All I know is that Alex Williams
informed me of Pierpont's plan.

How could you take the fall
for something you didn't do?

How could you do that to me?

Because I did something else,
and I can't live with it anymore.

What are you talking about?

That man that attacked you,

he was killed in his own cell,
and it's my fault.

What am I supposed to do when I have
a big victory or a terrible loss

and the only person I want to
run and tell isn't there?

Samantha, I'm so sorry,
but I have to go.

Say it again.

I looked around,
and you weren't there.

I'm here now.

What?

I just wish I'd come to
my senses sooner.

It's okay.

I was worth the wait.

Donna...

I know.

We have to get some sleep.

Everything's changed.

I know.

Wheeler, phone call for you.

Says it's urgent.

This is Samantha Wheeler.

Samantha, it's Katrina.

I got in early this morning,
because I figured we'd have

a lot to take care of
with the whole Robert situation,

which is why I was here
when the call came in and...

Katrina, I'm in the middle of a workout.
Can you just cut to it?

You need to get in here,
and you need to get in here now.

Rachel, call me
as soon as you get this.

It happened.

And by "it," I mean...
Oh, shit, I gotta go.

Who was that?

No one.

- Rachel.
- Told her, didn't you?

No. Yeah.

Well, in that case, I hope she listens
to her messages before Mike,

'cause I just left
him a doozy.

What? I didn't authorize
you to do that.

Wait, seriously,
what did you tell him?

- What'd you tell Rachel?
- That you were better the first time.

Good, 'cause that's exactly
what I told Mike about you.

No, you didn't. And neither did I,
because you weren't.

Because more vigorous
isn't necessarily better.

- Neither is younger.
- Really?

Twelve hours in and you're gonna
trot that one out?

Twelve years in,
and, no, Donna, I'm not...

Because I am glad
I came over last night.

Me, too.

You do know I'm coming over
again tonight, right?

Yeah, Harvey, I do know that.

There is one thing
that I don't know.

What exactly changed
to make you come over here?

- Are you expecting someone?
- No.

But I do know who it is, and it's bad.

- How bad?
- Louis bad.

- He just texted me. He's right outside.
- Holy shit.

- He cannot see me in here.
- What are we gonna do?

Well, I can't climb out the window,
if that's what you're suggesting.

- We're 12 stories up.
- You could stick the landing.

- Donna, I know you're in there.
- Shit.

Wait a minute.
What are we so afraid of?

Harvey, are you saying
what I think you're saying?

I am. Let's let him in.

All right, we need to talk,
and we need to talk right now.

I went to Harvey's.
He didn't answer his door,

so now I'm here.

And you're here.

I am.

And you're in the same exact
clothes you were in last night.

Guilty as charged.

Oh, my God.

I know exactly what
you two were doing.

Louis, before you jump...

You were up all night
trying to figure out

how you were gonna handle
the Zane situation.

- We were indeed.
- Up all night.

Thinking about the situation.

Well, I can't believe it.
You should have called me.

We could have
done it together.

Could have, but it's probably
best that we didn't.

I don't know.
They do say the more the merrier.

Harvey.

You know what, I don't care
that you left me out.

The most important thing is that you
guys were banging it out all night.

- That we were.
- That we were.

So what'd you come up with?

Probably nothing as helpful
as what you've come up with.

Well, the only thing I know
is that we need to put out

a press release
as soon as possible.

Then you came
to the right place,

because Donna is
top notch at releases.

Why, thank you, Harvey.
You know, you're not so bad yourself.

Will you please stop
stroking each other's egos?

I'm just as good at releasing
as either one of you.

In fact, I hammered one
out this morning.

Don't.

Louis,
this is great.

It takes responsibility while
still standing behind our partner.

So we are agreed.
We stand behind Robert.

- We do.
- Well, then I'll put this out right away.

And, Harvey, when you get in,
get together with Samantha

and make sure the two of you lock up
every last one of Robert's clients.

I'm on it, Louis.

I don't get it.

How could he be
such a good lawyer

and not see what's right
in front of his face?

Well, to be fair,
you didn't see

what was right in front
of your face for 12 years.

Fair enough.

But it does beg
the question...

Let's not tell Louis
or anybody else.

Why not?

Because Louis might be
clueless, but he's right.

There's gonna be a lot of
blowback from the hearing,

and I'd rather share our news
when the people we care about

are in the right frame
of mind to hear it.

About that news.

Before Louis got here,
you asked what had changed.

Harvey, I want to know everything,
and when I do, I want to be able to

hang on every last word,
but now's not the time.

So what do you say
that you go home

and you change into that armor
and you get ready to fight

for Robert's good name?

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 early

Busy, busy making money

All right!

All step back
I'm 'bout to dance

The greenback boogie

Alex Williams.

Depends who's asking.

My name is Stephen Faulkner.
I'm with the New York Bar.

I wanted to talk about what you did
at that hearing yesterday.

I did what anybody
would have done.

All the same, you showed a lot of
courage exposing your partner.

Robert Zane's a legend.
That couldn't have been easy.

It wasn't.

Well, the Bar noticed,
which is why I'm here

to discuss the next step,

removing Zane's name
from your letterhead.

What? Why do we do that?

Because the man broke privilege,
and put your firm in a position

to start hemorrhaging clients.

And since when are our clients
the business of the state bar?

Your clients aren't,
but your firm's character is.

Look,

I know what Robert
did was unethical,

but it was one mistake.
We're talking about a man's legacy.

And leaving his name up doesn't
just hurt the legacy of your firm.

It's hurting the integrity
of the Bar.

And what if I don't see
it that way?

More importantly,
what if my partners don't?

Because it's not my call.

Let's just say it would be
to everyone's benefit

if you and your partners
take that name down

of your own accord.

This is Thomas Kessler.
I'm not available right now.

Please leave a message.

Thomas, hey. It's me.

Um...

I was just wondering
if you were free for lunch today.

Give me a call when you can.

Samantha, whatever it is,
it'll have to wait.

We have to start locking up
Robert's clients before...

That's why I'm here.

Three of them have already put
their accounts up for review.

Son of a bitch. The Bar just
ruled on Robert yesterday.

It gets worse.

I reached out to six more
and none of them would take my call.

Which means six more
are about to go.

And the only way
that could happen this fast

is if somebody's
already poisoned the well.

- You think Hardman's still after us?
- I did,

until I saw these notices
were dated two days ago.

And two days ago, Hardman was gunning
to have me disbarred, not Robert.

Exactly.

Then who the hell knew
to go after his clients?

The same man that tried
to blackmail Robert

into taking his name
off our wall.

Blackmail? What are you
talking about?

I'm talking about you and I going
to pay a visit to Eric Kaldor.

Thomas.

What can I do for you?

Unfortunately, Alex,
I'm here to say

that there's no longer
anything you can do for me.

- You're putting us in review.
- Not in review.

I'm letting you go.

- Thomas...
- No, look,

let me save you
whatever you're gonna say,

because I'm not interested
in your excuses.

You're my lawyer. You knew something,
and you kept it from me.

- We've been over this. The reason I...
- What we haven't been over

is that I was forced
to lie yesterday.

Thomas.

You can't make this better,
Alex.

Every time I come here, I'm gonna be
thinking about everything that happened.

I can't live that way.
I'm sorry.

Then let me at least say this.

I appreciate what you did,

and I'm sorry
it turned out this way.

That makes two of us.

Harvey Specter and Samantha.

Wow.

I figured you guys
would be, uh, too busy

cleaning up Robert's mess
to come play hockey.

Cut the shit, Eric.

We know you're going after
Robert's clients.

It's funny, when I first
started whispering

that Robert was stepping down,
nobody believed me,

but now they think
I'm a regular Nostradamus.

And if you think we're just gonna stand by
and let you raid our kitchen,

you've been checked into the boards
one too many times.

I think I cannot believe
that she's fighting your fight.

It's not his fight, Eric.
It's all of ours.

Yeah, if you say so.

But if it wasn't for
old Harvey here,

Robert's clients
would still be at your firm.

And in case you hadn't
noticed, so would Robert.

And you can try to drive a wedge
between us all you want.

- It's not gonna work.
- So why don't you go ahead and tell us,

what's it gonna take for you
to back off Robert's clients?

Well, you know, if I can't drive
a wedge, I can't drive a wedge.

But what it's gonna take for me
to back off your hero's clients

is for old Harvey here
to give me 10 of his.

Ooh! Look at that.
Maybe I did drive a wedge.

You keep hitching your wagon
to the wrong man, sweet pea.

You didn't drive a wedge
between anything, you piece of shit.

Call me "sweet pea" one more
fucking time.

You're probably gonna
want to think about my offer

before you say no. But don't
take too long, all right?

And if you lay a hand
on me one more time,

I'll have you thrown out of the Bar
faster than your disgraced mentor.

Alex, hey, just the man
I was about to see.

Listen, Harvey and Samantha,

they're working
on keeping Robert's clients,

but they may need some backup.
I want you to be ready.

Well, Louis, I don't know
how ready I'll be

when I can't even keep
my own clients.

- What?
- Kessler just left us.

Shit.

Well, this isn't over.
I'll just give him a call.

You're not gonna be able
to change his mind, Louis.

How do you know that?

Because Harvey used up all of our goodwill
when he asked him to goddamn lie for us.

Alex, I know you're upset
about losing a client,

but it's not exactly news
that Harvey did that.

That's what I'm trying to tell
you, Louis.

I got approached today
by the New York Bar.

It was off the record,
but the guy pretty much told me

if we don't take Zane's name
down, they'll do it for us.

Bullshit, they don't have
the authority to do that.

And if you're suggesting
that we should do it anyway...

You think I want to take
his name down?

Well, then what are you
so worked up about, Alex?

Because in the past two hours,
I've been punched in the gut twice,

and I want to do
something about it.

Well, I don't know
what to do about Thomas,

but I sure as hell know
what to do about the other thing.

What's that?

I wanna check to see
how bad our reputation is.

You're gonna make sure that
they don't have the authority

to take that name down,

and then we're gonna tell
the New York Bar to go fuck themselves.

I've gotta say, I've never
seen you like that before.

I thought you were
gonna kill him.

If you hadn't been there,
I just might have.

Well, I appreciate you not
letting him drive that wedge.

I know you must have been
tempted by his offer because of...

I wasn't tempted, Harvey.

If Robert taught me anything,

it's that when a teammate
is being attacked,

you don't leave their side.

No, you don't.

Are you thinking
what I'm thinking?

Depends on what
you're thinking.

I'm thinking that when
a teammate's under attack,

you don't just stand by them.
You turn the tables.

Because the best defense
is a good offense.

Exactly.

What?

I was just thinking, I must have said that
to Mike Ross about a thousand times.

Jesus, last night it was Jessica,
tonight it's Mike Ross.

Am I gonna have to hear
stories about him now, too?

What I meant was, I keep getting
reminded of how alike we are.

Well, here's to going
on offense.

To going on offense.

- Speaking of last night...
- What about it?

I know I said I didn't need
you checking up on me,

but you did anyway.

And the truth is,
I appreciated it.

Because I was hurting.

- But?
- But then you just up and left.

What happened?

I know how that
must have seemed,

but I was hurting, too.

And then,

all of a sudden...

I get it.

You needed to be alone.

Yeah, I did.

But, Samantha, I'm sorry
if I left you in the lurch.

I understand.

It must have been tough,
knowing what Robert gave up for you.

It was.

Which is why tomorrow,
you and I are gonna make sure

the only person giving
anything up is Eric Kaldor.

- Thomas, hi.
- Hey.

So I'm guessing lunch today
won't work.

I'm sorry I didn't
call you back earlier, Donna.

I had some business matters
to attend to.

You mean like firing us?

What happened with Alex
had nothing to do with us.

It was business.

Well, I wish it hadn't come to that,
but I understand.

And I'm sorry...

- For everything...
- Please don't say it.

You said everything
there is to say yesterday.

The truth is, I didn't call you back
because I just didn't have it in me

to endure hearing the rest.

Thomas, listen to me,
you are such a good man...

You don't have to
soft-pedal it, Donna.

Nobody goes from spending
their nights together to lunch.

There are so many things
I want to say about you.

Maybe another time.

Take care, Thomas.

Goodbye, Donna.

There's my love. I hope you're
in the mood for your favorite,

'cause this matzo's
about to get brei'd.

That sounds amazing.

Tough day?

Yeah, you could say that.

The Bar wants us
to take Robert's name down.

But before I tell them
to go to hell...

You need to know
if you can afford to.

That's why you're making
matzo brei. You know.

How bad is it?

The students that were hoping
to interview with you this year

pulled their résumés back.

I overheard some
of them talking.

They said if you're not willing
to distance yourself

from someone who's
been disbarred,

then you don't care about
the reputation of your firm.

They said that?

Louis, maybe it's time
for you to consider.

No, I can't do it.

Why not? You took
Jessica's name down.

Yeah, that was different.
She knew about Mike.

She was guilty.
But Rob...

Robert, what?

What I'm about to tell you
stays between these walls.

It wasn't Robert.

It was Harvey.
More specifically, it was Donna.

What? Oh, my God.

Exactly. The man took
a huge bullet for us, Sheila.

I'm not just gonna rip
his name down now.

Okay, Louis, Harvey
and Donna or not,

the world thinks
it was Robert.

You don't have a choice.

Sheila, when our child grows up
and asks me how to make decisions,

I'm not going to say,

"Take the way out
that protects your reputation

"at the cost
of your character."

And I understand all of that,

but you asked me
how bad it was,

and the truth is,
if I didn't know you

and I had heard what
had happened,

I'd be feeling the same way
my students do.

- Hey.
- Hey.

Let me guess. You can't come
over tonight.

How'd you know?

Because I know Robert's clients
haven't been locked down yet,

and I'm the one who told you
to put on your armor.

Have I ever told you how much
I love it when you do that?

No, but I knew it anyway.

See what I did there?

Hey, what's going on?

Samantha asked what happened
to me last night.

I didn't know what to say.

So what did you say?

She assumed I wanted to be alone,
so I let her think that.

That's not true. I didn't
just let her think that.

I lied to her.
I told her she was right.

Well, that's not ideal,
but I know

what it's like to be having
a tough conversation

and not wanna say something

that's gonna hurt
the other person even more.

Did something happen?

Thomas and I ended it tonight.

Oh, my God. Donna, I didn't know that
you two were still together.

- I would never have...
- Listen to me.

It was already over,
and he knew it.

- Are you sure?
- I'm sure.

Harvey, you didn't do
anything wrong. I swear.

Thanks.

All right, you ready to do
a deep dive into Kaldor's clients?

Well, as long as
we're going after Kaldor's,

what do you say we also
go after Ellen Rand's?

What do you think
this pile is?

Louis.

- It's been too long.
- It has.

But I'm sorry to say, Henry,
this is not a social call.

I'm guessing this has something
to do with Robert's disbarment.

I just discovered,
as of today,

we do not have one single applicant
from any of the top 10 schools,

and I was hoping that
you could help us change that

by steering some
students our way.

Because, as you know,
if Harvard comes, the rest follow.

Louis, I'm not a recruiter.

But when you suggest
something, Henry,

the students listen.

Except they don't come
to me for things like that.

That's fine, I can come to them.
You have an ethics conference coming up.

Let me be the keynote speaker.

Louis, the university
has approval of all speakers.

There's no way they're gonna
let you be keynote right now.

Professor, please, I...

I have nowhere else to turn.
I need your help.

All right, Louis.

I'll try.

But if I'm gonna
vouch for you,

I want you to tell me
what happened.

Because Robert undercutting
you just to get even?

I don't buy it.

Well, if you could figure out
that Robert wouldn't do this,

you could figure out
the truth for yourself.

Harvey.

Louis,

how could this happen
on your watch?

You know what, Henry?

Shit's happened
on your watch, too.

Shit that you did,
and we helped you get out of it.

Louis,
I'm not criticizing you.

I'm concerned about you.

Well, then why don't you concern yourself
with what I just asked of you?

And concern yourself with it
before the end of the week.

You won't just be signing
the best legal team in the city.

You'll also be gaining access
to our network of high-powered clients.

Clients like this one,

who would love to finance
your Singapore expansion.

Ms. Wheeler, I didn't
get to where I am today

by turning down a free lunch,

but I'm starting to think
that you're wasting my time.

How so?

By not acknowledging
your firm's Robert Zane problem.

What Robert Zane problem?

Look, I like Robert,
but I can't sell this move.

To my board,
Zane is a four-letter word.

Robert's disbarment
doesn't reflect

the culture at our firm.

Then why aren't you taking
his name down?

Because, you gotta
understand the history.

The only thing
I have to understand

is that keeping Zane's name
up sends the signal

that you stand by
what he did.

We do stand by him.

He was a great lawyer
and an even better man,

and the Bar's decision
doesn't change that.

Then I'll be blunt.
His name is only half of it.

It's also a matter
of his people.

What do you mean,
"his people"?

One of your partners came from
the Robert Zane coaching tree.

And you know what they say about trees
and apples and all that shit.

- What are you trying to say?
- I'm saying...

That the only way
we'd ever consider signing

is if you were to let
Ms. Wheeler go as well.

Well, that's not gonna happen.

- I'm not going anywhere.
- Then I wish you luck.

But there is no way

we're leaving Rand Kaldor
to sign with you.

And if you think anyone
else will,

you're not the lawyer
I've always heard you were.

Harvey, where are you?
I struck out.

If we don't come up
with something,

we might as well give Eric
the keys to Robert's house,

because he sure as hell is gonna
end up with all of his clients.

Samantha, how's it going
with Zane's roster?

At the moment,
it's not going at all.

All right, listen to me.
Our reputation took a hit.

But if the clients people most expect
to leave decide to stay,

it's gonna send a message to the world
that we can still be trusted.

I don't know what to
tell you, Louis.

We had a plan to go on offense
and it's not working out on my end.

- What about Harvey?
- I don't know.

- What do you mean, you don't know?
- I mean,

I have been breaking my back
to get this done

and I can't even reach Harvey,
which makes me wonder

if he even gives a shit
about this at all.

Don't you say that. The night
it happened, he did not sleep a wink

because he was up all night
at Donna's trying to figure out what to do.

- Was he, now?
- Yeah, he was.

Well, that is good to know.

In fact, you might have
just given me an idea

about how we can keep
Robert's clients after all.

- Hello?
- Alex.

Stephen Faulkner.
How are you?

To tell you the truth, Stephen,
better than I was yesterday.

Because I looked into
whether you had precedent

to make us remove
Robert's name,

and what do you know?

- You don't.
- Is that a fact?

It is.

Seven years ago, another firm
had a partner disbarred

and you didn't just let them
leave up his name.

You let them leave up
his bio, too.

Since we're
talking about bios,

let's talk about yours.

Because I'm not just calling
to check in.

I'm calling to make
you an offer.

Become managing partner.

- What?
- That's right.

We may not have authority
to make you change your name,

but we do have authority to make changes
to a firm's leadership when it fails.

- Bullshit.
- Don't believe me? Look it up.

You seem to like doing that.

What I like are my partners,

and there's no way
I would ever betray Louis Litt.

Alex, if you don't
take action,

there will be consequences.

There have already been
consequences, Steve.

And you came to me with two proposals,
so let me give you my two answers.

Go to hell
and go fuck yourself.

- You get my message?
- Yeah, I did.

Good. So nice
of you to return.

I didn't return your call
because I've been a little busy

- trying to come back with some good news.
- And?

- Look, Samantha...
- That's what I thought.

Well, it doesn't
matter anyway,

because we're gonna give
Eric what he wants.

Robert's clients?
We can't do that.

Not his clients,
Harvey. Yours.

What happened
to "teammates don't do that"?

- Things change.
- Like what?

Why don't you ask
your girlfriend?

- I don't know what you're talking about.
- Like hell you don't.

You didn't leave the other night
to go be alone.

You left to be with Donna.

And Louis might buy
that bullshit

about you being up all night
talking about what to do,

but I know talking
is not what you were up to.

Samantha, listen to me...

Why don't we skip the part
where you try to explain

why you lied to me and get to the part
where you give Eric your clients?

First of all,
you have no idea

what happened between me
and Donna the other night.

Second of all, I don't believe
you're asking me to give up my clients

because you're,
what, jealous?

You think this is
because I'm jealous?

Then what the hell
is it about?

I lost everything
that night.

Robert was everything to me,

and the person I lost him
for was you.

And instead of feeling bad
about it like you said you did,

you were off having a little romp
with the person whose fault it really was.

So give up your clients or don't,
but if your answer is no,

I'm gonna put you
through that wall.

- Yes, may I help you?
- Katrina Bennett.

- I'm Sheila Sazs.
- Sheila.

Yes, we meet at last.

Indeed we do.

- And I must say, it is...
- Save it.

You don't like me.
I don't like you.

But we both would kill for
Louis, and I respect that.

I'm listening.

This firm's in trouble,
and I won't let it go down

while my captain
is at its helm.

You're talking about the ramifications
of Robert leaving.

I'm talking about no one trusting you
while his name is on that wall.

I always admired Robert.

But if I'm being honest, I had my doubts
about leaving his name up.

Then I was right
to come to you.

And you think he'll hear it
better if it comes from me?

I don't care how he hears it.
It just needs to get done.

- Then it will.
- Good.

But don't mention my coming here.
I told him I had book club tonight.

- What are you saying you read?
- Eat Pray Love.

Good choice, except that
is the kind of thing

he'll want to read with you,
assuming he hasn't read it already.

- Oh, God, you're right.
- I suggest Amazons.

It's about hockey.
He'll never pick it up.

Perhaps I might like you
after all.

I have to admit,
when I look at you, I see myself.

Though more attractive with
far less sexual magnetism.

Why would you say that to me?

Because I'm starting
to care about you,

and truth be told,
your beauty's a turnoff.

Friendly advice,

you might want to
frump it up a bit.

Remember that thing
about not telling anyone?

Samantha knows.

And from that look on your face,
she's not taking it well.

- She's not taking anything well.
- Let me guess,

she just lost the most important person
in her life, and then she finds out

that the night it happened,
we're off having a party.

Yeah, something like that.

Well, you can't really
blame her for that, can you?

No, not for that.

But I can sure as hell
blame her for the things she said.

- How bad?
- Bad.

I'm telling you,
if she weren't a woman...

Harvey, if there is one thing
I know about Samantha,

it's that she wouldn't want you
to treat her differently

because she's a woman.

What are you saying?

I'm saying it sounds like
she's spoiling for a fight.

And sometimes when somebody wants a fight,
you have no choice but to give it to them.

I am not getting in the ring
with Samantha.

Yes, you are.

She boxes every morning.

You go in there tomorrow, you let her
get it out of her system.

Are you nuts?
I'm not hitting a woman.

If I were you, I'd be more worried
about losing to that woman.

I am not losing to anyone!

Harvey, she has
military training.

Louis said that she put down
his mugger in about five seconds flat,

and from what I know about fighting,
the more pissed off person usually wins.

Harvey, listen to me.

She needs this
just like you would.

So if you're not willing
to give it to her,

that's not looking out
for her.

That's just disrespecting her.

Whatever it is,
I am tired of talking.

We're not talking.
We're going right now.

- I'm not fighting you.
- Yeah, you are.

You've been talking about it
since the day you got here.

Now you're pissed, and you said you wanted
to put me through a wall.

- Well, here I am.
- You're damn right,

I want to put you through
a wall, but not today.

You feel awful
about what you did,

and I don't want any excuses
when I kick your ass.

There aren't gonna be any excuses
because I'm not gonna need them.

- Get out of my face.
- I'm not going anywhere.

Watch yourself.

You're in the ring with the man who's
responsible for disbarring your mentor.

I'm warning you...

The man who put his needs
in front of yours.

You don't want to do this.

The man who decided his love
life was more import...

- I guess it's on.
- Yes, it is.

Ready to be done?

Oh, I'm just getting started.

Katrina, what are you
doing here so early?

I need to talk to you, and I need it to be
before this place is crawling with people.

Okay, what is it?

It's what everyone in this
firm knows has to be done

and no one seems willing
to tell Louis.

- You mean taking Zane's name down?
- Yes, that's what I mean.

He's not gonna want to do it.

You think I do?

But the longer we leave
his name up there,

the more damage
we inflict on ourselves.

See that right there?

- You know what I mean.
- So what if I do?

Why are you coming to me
and not Harvey or Donna?

Because it's going to come
down to a vote,

and without you and Louis
pushing the others,

it's never going to happen.

And if that's not good enough,
because you owe me.

No, you're not calling
that in for this.

Did you think I was gonna
ask you to wash my car?

Alex, you know this is
the right thing to do.

What the hell is stopping you?

He didn't do it, Katrina.

Robert didn't do it.

For what it's worth,
I didn't think he did.

But that doesn't matter,
because he said he did.

All right.

I'll get Louis to agree.

I'm surprised you have
the strength to pick that up.

Me?

I'm surprised you can sit
after I kicked your ass.

You didn't kick anything,
but I'll admit,

you did pretty good
for a guy in his 70s.

Hey, those are fighting words.

- You wanna go again?
- No.

Me neither.

Look, if you want me to give up
my clients to Kaldor, I will.

But is that what
Robert would want?

No.

It's not what I want, either.

Then what is?

We fight for his clients.

We keep who we can keep,
but his name stays up no matter what.

I can live with that.

So can I.

- Louis.
- Henry, hi.

Thanks for getting back
to me so soon.

Listen, I...
About what I said earlier...

Don't give it another thought.
I understand you're under a lot of stress.

And I'm sorry to say
I'm about to add to it.

Don't tell me, they said
I'm not welcome as keynote speaker.

Even if they didn't, Louis,

Harvard students
are not going to be fooled

by some speech. They're going to respond
to your actions.

Damn it, I'm taking
every action I can think of.

No, Louis,

you're bending over backwards to avoid
taking the one action you should.

Thanks for trying, Henry.

Take care, Louis.

You look like you
just got some bad news.

I did.

This thing...

Our reputation,
it's worse than I thought.

Actually,

that's what I'm here
to talk to you about.

No, I'm not doing it.

Louis, even Katrina knows
it's the right thing.

She went to you
behind my back?

She would have come in here
and told you that to your face,

but I didn't give her
the chance.

- Why not?
- Because I didn't want her

to hear that the Bar tried to get me
to take over as managing partner.

- What? They can't do that.
- They can, and they have.

In '97, they got a name partner
to step in as managing partner

in exactly the same situation.

You're here to tell me
you're taking over.

I'm here to tell you that if they
can do that, what else can they do?

- I don't know.
- And I don't want to find out.

It's gonna require a vote.

- And we have two right here.
- We need three.

You know that Samantha
will not say yes.

And neither will Donna, since this
whole thing started with her.

- Harvey.
- He's our only chance.

- I say we go see him right now.
- No.

I went to him with
something like this before.

He didn't like it then and he
certainly won't like it now.

And I'm telling you,
the only chance we have

of him saying yes
is if I go to see him alone.

Gina, I know Kaldor said that
if you went with them, they'd...

Look...

If it's your final decision,
there's nothing left for me to say.

That was one of Robert's
clients, wasn't it?

What can I say?
You win some. You lose some.

That's why I'm here, Harvey.

Been losing too many, and we
need to put an end to this.

What are you talking about?

I'm talking about
taking Robert's name down.

- Not gonna happen.
- Harvey...

Damn it, Louis,
I gave Samantha my word!

- You said...
- I know what I said.

But since then,
the Bar has been up our asses,

clients have been
dropping like flies,

and we are not gonna have any associates
next year if we do not do this.

Now, Alex is with me. That's two votes.
Your vote makes it happen.

Makes what happen, Louis?

Samantha, I was just
explaining to Harvey...

You weren't explaining shit.

You were going behind my back
trying to pull Robert's name down,

and over my dead body
is that gonna happen.

Well, it is not
only up to you.

You gave me your word
that Robert's name stays up.

- Did you tell him that?
- Yes, I did.

Then what the fuck
is going on here?

What's going is, if we don't do this,
this firm has no future.

Then let me be clear.
If you do this, I'm gone,

and you'll be lucky
if I don't go to the Bar

and tell them what
really happened.

You really think she's
gonna go to the Bar?

- I don't know.
- Well, God damn it, Harvey,

his name stays up and his clients go,
we might as well just close up shop.

Then we'll just have
to make sure his clients stay.

What the hell
does that mean?

It means we don't need
to take Robert's name down.

We just have to keep
his clients.

Well, we aren't
keeping his clients.

We haven't been,
Louis, but we can.

And I know
just where to start.

Well, look what
the cat dragged in.

You're backing off,
and you're backing off now.

Whose am I getting,
Robert's or yours?

Wait, don't tell me, don't tell me.
I wanna guess this one.

They're mine.

Wow, I would have totally
gotten that wrong.

You must really be hating this right now.
What did she do to convince you?

Why don't you just take
your win and go home, Eric?

It's no fun winning
if you can't rub it in.

I mean, I knew she had Zane

wrapped around her little finger,
I just didn't...

Finish that sentence, Eric.
Go ahead, finish that sentence.

- I'll treat 'em well.
- You do that.

And don't you ever say another
word about Robert again.

You trying to decide if you're
gonna kill Louis or not?

It's 50-50.

Well, if it makes any difference,
Rand Kaldor officially backed off.

Harvey gave
his clients to Eric?

He did.

But he still has one more to give up,
and it's one of his favorites.

Brick Street Athletics.

- Why?
- He wanted to make a gesture.

He did, or you did?

He did, Samantha.

It was 100% his idea.

I just asked if I could be
the one to tell you

because it would give me
a chance to say something

that I need to say.

Donna, you don't have to.

I put myself over the firm,
and it cost you dearly.

And if I'm being honest,
if I could somehow go back

and take it all away,
I don't know if I would.

But I'm sorry.

- I am so sorry.
- Donna,

he didn't just leave
because of you.

What?

He did something years ago

for me.

It had been eating him up,
and I didn't know about it.

When he left, he told me,
and ever since then...

No wonder you were so upset.

You felt responsible.

He's gone, Donna.

I know.

But for what it's worth,
we're here to pick up the slack.

I imagine you heard about
Zane's name staying up.

- I did.
- Look,

I know it goes without saying,
but I'm gonna say it anyway.

- I still owe you.
- No.

I asked you to convince Louis,
and you did that.

You don't owe me anything.

Well, I might not owe you,

but that doesn't mean
you can't still come knocking.

I guess this means
we're rolling the dice

that keeping Zane's clients
will be enough.

I guess it does.

Alex, I don't mean to pry,
but do you know something I don't?

Nothing worth telling.

'Night, Katrina.

I've got to admit, I never thought
I'd see this place again.

Even with the furniture,
it's not the same without him.

Harvey, why did you want me
to meet you here?

Mike asked me to rent it out
for them when they left.

I never did.

Mmm. Well, it must have
cost them a fortune.

Didn't cost them a thing.

I created a fake tenant.
I've been paying rent ever since.

In case they came back.

- I know it sounds crazy...
- It's not crazy.

You know, I'm glad that Louis
interrupted us the other morning.

- You are?
- Yeah.

Gave me time to realize
I have more to tell you.

Like, about this apartment?

It used to remind me
of all the things I've lost.

But now,

it reminds me
of all the things

you've helped me accept.

What do you mean?

I mean, a week ago
I never would have come over

knowing that you were
still with Thomas.

But that night,
I didn't even think about it,

because once it hit me
that we should be together,

it felt like we've always
been together.

Uh-oh. You're gonna
make me cry.

I'm just getting started.

I thought I was gonna lose
everything at that hearing,

and then I didn't.

But I felt empty.

And then I won,

and you weren't there.

What I'm trying to say is, that night,
everything finally made sense.

I'm finally where
I'm supposed to be.

We both are.

What?

Guess whose name
I put on the fake lease?

Rick Sorkin.

Oh, my God, that's the kid
who didn't show up

for his interview the day
you hired Mike.

See? That's what
I love about you.

You get me.

"Love about me"?

Love about you.

- Louis Litt?
- Yeah.

My name is Faye Richardson.

I'm here on behalf of
the New York Bar Association.

Here to do what?

This is a court order granting me
full control of your law firm

under the Bar's
special master provision.

No.

You can't do this.

You're correct.
You do have a choice.

You can refuse,
in which case tomorrow morning

the Bar will suspend
every partner in this firm

from practicing law
for six months.

You do that, you might as well
take us apart brick by brick.

Be that as it may, the only way
to avoid that outcome

is for you to sign
that document right now.