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[delilah] previously on delilah...

You wanna tell me what's going on?

Got myself into a mess of trouble.

Turns out she was involved in a domestic dispute

at the home of fred osborne.

He said leah and the wife really went at it.

Were you romantically involved with fred?

There's a police report that says you showed up at his house drunk.

I've told fred osborne to expect a call from you.

Whoever makes this go away

makes partner in a way that my father can't possibly question.

We'd made it 20 years

without going up against each other.

Leah davis is going to drain your tank for nothing.

You must be miss barnes.

I am.

And it is an honor to meet you miss connolly.

I'm impressed.

Then go on and hire me.

Who's miss virginia?

The woman who owns it.

She used to be in the national symphony in dc.

How much is it?

$10,000?

Can I just ask dad?

How did it sound?

The sound? You played the heck out of it.

Why is christine so late?

She's not coming.

When is she gonna be ready to be a mother?

Marcus, I know you want your room back.

It's been a hard five months. I completely get it.

Six months and five days.

Have you ever used a radio like this?

[delilah] and gary thought these radios were faulty somehow?

Not faulty. Dangerous.

[delilah] mr. Shea, if you think that a flaw in something you designed

could cause problems for soldiers in the field,

you can't just take the money--

go away. I can't be caught talking about this.

[gary] they're watching me.

Hey mace, what's going on?

-[mason] I'm out here in ballantyne. -Yeah?

No land rover?

[mason] nope. But there is an ambulance.

Leah may be on to something, dee.

[delilah] why, what happened?

Gary shea is dead.

He's dead?

I heard an emt say, "suicide. Pills."

that doesn't make any sense.

He set a meeting with me just last night for later this afternoon.

No!

Well, sometimes folks keep on planning to feel better

right up until the moment they realize they can't.

Are you speaking from experience, mason?

Or you just trying to keep me from looking deeper into this?

Now why would I ever do that?

Just give me the coroner's report.

And leah and gary both thought they were being watched.

Be careful.

I get the feeling this is one of those cases

where careful ain't going to cut it but...

I appreciate the thought.

[theme music playing]

where is this truck going?

-To mama's house. -[laughs]

[nate] everything all right?

Yeah. But I got to go.

Listen, I'm sorry about earlier with christine

-if I was too strong back then. -She's trying her best, dee.

I hope that's true.

-[nurse] hey nate. It's time. -I'll be right there.

Yeah. Daddy's got pt, little man.

All right. Come here.

Listen, I need you to take care of aunty dee for me, okay?

Oh, he always does.

This is my little knight in shining armor, right here.

[inaudible whisper]

what? No. Not at all. No. No way.

What?

Sorry, mama didn't come get me.

Sorry?

I'm actually happy I get to hang out with you a little while longer.

Dad said mom doesn't hate me.

Of course, she doesn't hate you.

What do you want for dinner?

I don't know.

No ideas.

Nothing comes to mind?

Hmm.

You won't send me away, will you?

[dion] hope you won't.

Dion.

Look at me.

This is aunty delilah you're talking to.

You're a part of me, child, like my hand.

Do you think I'mma send my hand away?

-No. -That's right. I need my hand.

[delilah] so, what do you want for dinner?

I don't know.

Maybe we get some chicken fingers.

No.

What about some hand-burgers?

-Yeah. -[delilah] you want hamburgers?

Let's get some hamburgers.

Come on. Let's go.

Let's get hamburgers.

Hey, everybody. Look who's back.

Hey, dion.

What's going on?

He's going to be staying with us

a little while longer, so be nice. Okay?

Told you.

Anything for us in there?

No, marcus, I went to mcdonald's

and only got food for me and dion.

Share those fries with your sister.

She said share, maia.

You got those two right there.

Share, marcus.

What? I just did.

Everybody thinks I'm the bad guy here.

I'm not the bad guy here.

[delilah] come on, marcus. No one thinks you're the bad guy.

Not in my book.

Hey, happy Sunday.

I'm taking leah's case.

Oh! Sorry.

Can I help you?

Wrong office.

[delilah] why are you working on a Sunday?

Prepping for this meeting with fred osborne.

You said that you would tell leah no, dee.

What happened?

Gary shea,

the engineer from osborne who tried to blow the whistle on the c-15,

just died.

And they're calling it a suicide.

So go to central piedmont.

Sign up for criminal justice.

It's a two-year program.

Become a cop.

Prove that it was a murder. But do me a favor, dee,

don't take this case.

If soldiers are being put in danger

because of this radio, I can't ignore that.

[tamara] okay, delilah.

Do you realize if you take this case

everything that we do together all the time

is off.

In the meantime,

I'm going to have the resources

of the largest firm in charlotte

at my disposal.

And all you're gonna have

is leah davis.

I might have the truth.

And with gary shea being dead, leah being leah

and you being more concerned about making partner than anything,

I might be the only one that does.

I've gotta get back to work.

I-I just--

I just meant that...

I know that you've worked there so long,

and I understand why it's a priority.

I've got to go.

[delilah] hey, handsome, what's up?

Dion doesn't wanna go to school.

Why not?

I can't find my patrol cap.

Marcus, go help him find it.

We looked all over. It's not here.

Did you have it on when we went to the va yesterday to visit daddy?

Yeah.

Oh, okay. So, it's there then.

Can we get it before school?

After.

Ha! Told you. You have to go to school.

Shut up.

You're gonna let him say that to me?

Marcus there are very few situations

where "told you" is going to have a positive effect on someone.

You had it coming.

[delilah] come on, babe.

[tamara] morning, case.

There she is.

What's the occasion?

This stupid meeting with fred osborne that

I would literally do anything to make go away.

[case smirks]

you think that's funny?

No, sorry. It's just...

Sure when junior thought this whole thing would be softball down the middle...

And you and delilah would just magic negro this thing and make it go away.

You haven't even got the job yet and it's already driving you crazy.

Have you ever met him?

No. Osborne has refused to be a part of the business

taskforce as a matter of principle.

He is old old-school republican.

In fact, his father was one of the prime architects of re-segregation

way back in 2001.

That surprises you?

That 90% of your clients over there are the same way.

No, I know about that. I'm just...

I'm just thinking about me and delilah.

How are we going to navigate this

if I end up pulling off this meeting today?

Just keep it separate.

You know, jamal and I have been working together almost a year now

and we haven't had a single problem.

Congratulations.

You're on the same team.

And jamal respects you.

Delilah respects you.

If you heard what she said to me yesterday,

you might not think so.

What did she say?

Mmm-mmm.

It doesn't matter.

It is what it is.

Listen.

If you want delilah to keep it separate,

you've got to show her how.

Just let it roll off your back

and win.

Did you just...

Magic negro me?

Hell's yeah. [chuckles]

what do you think I do at city hall all day?

The og.

The calendar says you don't have guests staying overnight Friday.

Can't we just check-in early?

Christine, it's dee. Call me back when you can, please? Thanks.

Leah's in your office.

What if we pro-rate it?

Okay, fine, just put me down for Friday.

Yeah and thank you.

Are you sure I should do this?

Leah, you asked me yesterday to take the case.

I'm taking the case.

Just sign it and we can get started.

What if they come for me like they did gary?

I don't want to die.

I have an editor at the observer

ready to send a reporter over

as soon as we file this complaint.

Once you're on the front page of the observer,

you'll be safe.

And, let's be clear,

we don't know

that osborne killed gary.

It just looks that way.

So, how much

could we get?

That depends.

Osborne said that you were fired for other reasons,

so, we are going to have to prove

that they were trying to cover up what gary said about the c-15.

Otherwise, it's just a run-of-the-mill wrongful termination case.

So, like, a million?

If we can prove that this is a whistleblower retaliation case,

you'll get a lot more than that.

How much? Like, five?

Leah...

Let's get on the same page.

Look, I heard somewhere someone--

if osborne knew that soldiers were being harmed by the c-15,

this settlement won't just be about the money.

This is going to have to include a stipulation

that requires them

to make this public.

As long as I get my money,

I don't care what happens.

Great.

So, like, five?

Possibly.

This is not unheard of.

Okay.

-[flo] hey. -[millie] hey.

Miss virginia is at my uncle's shop today, teaching.

She just said she wants to meet you.

Why?

-That's a good thing. -Mmm-hmm.

What if she hates the way I play,

and then wants her violin back?

She's just a person.

-She's not just a person. -Whatever.

-I'll see you after school, okay? All right. -[millie] yeah.

-Bye. -Bye.

-[knock at door] -come in.

Hey, is it all right if I take Friday off?

Me and the girls are doing this birthday thing at reno beach.

Yeah, that's fine.

Thank you.

Tell me something.

Could you work with demetria?

Umm... Yeah. Of course.

Okay, it's just going to be a lot busier now with leah's case.

Oh, well, I can stay Friday if you want.

I was thinking more long-term.

Tamara is going to bury us in discovery.

Oh, then yeah. Yeah. Hire her.

Full speed ahead.

Okay. Can you have her come in tomorrow?

Mmm-hmm.

[harper] hey.

Did you get the coroner's report?

There was an emergency court order

granted today to the charlotte pd.

Judge just sealed the report pending a murder investigation.

You're sure you want to do this?

I don't have a choice.

[delilah] what if it somehow involved what happened to nate?

[win] tamara, fred here and I met...

-What was it, fred? Six years ago? -Five.

When he joined quail hollow.

But we never talked business,

because a, you're not allowed to,

it's a club rule,

and b, he was with moody.

-Oh! -[win] and, I'll confess,

it pissed me off.

Oh, you never missed a chance to make that clear, didn't you?

Now, when senior, more so.

Yeah, well, that's his way.

[win] now, as for tamara, fred,

tamara joined us,

oh, about 10 years ago.

-Was it? -12.

And there isn't any case that comes across my desk,

she isn't the first person I think of.

So, tamara.

Fred.

It's good to meet you, tamara.

Now, win tells me you're a friend of this woman representing leah?

I am.

Any way we can leverage that to keep this off the front page?

I'd love to settle this damn thing quietly

before that happens.

May I ask you one question?

Two million, not a penny more.

Well, that wasn't the question but noted.

I think that's a pretty fine number.

Is the desire for discretion in this case

due to the nature of the work that you do for the military?

Are we talking state secrets?

[fred] we are...

But the more important reason for discretion

is that I've been a happily married man for the past 27 years

and I'd very much like to keep it that way.

You had an affair with leah?

I wouldn't call it an affair.

Made the same drunken mistake with the same person a few times.

Now, win here told me you should know everything.

So that's everything.

I just want to put this behind me.

Understood.

Miss shea, this is delilah connolly.

The lawyer that came by your house last week.

I'm sorry to bother you again

but gary and I were supposed to meet on Sunday.

I can only imagine what you're going through.

But if you could please give me a call back,

I would really, really appreciate it. Thank you.

Harper.

[harper] mmm-hmm?

I'm off to a the va. Where's dion?

Schedule a court runner.

A davis versus osborne tactical.

It's really happening.

You versus tamara.

This is like a marvel movie.

I hope it's not that long.

Miss barnes wants you to call her before she comes in tomorrow.

-Okay, then, I'll give her a call. -Okay. Bye.

Oh wow, wow, wow!

[delilah] where do you think you left it?

I don't know. Somewhere.

Papa's here.

Delilah, what a surprise.

Chief connolly. I know, right?

You want to get a popsicle with me?

Nurse angee said they've got some brand new flavors today.

Does he visit regularly?

He's got friends from the gulf war, dee.

Vets who've been through this.

He's hooked me up with him.

Great.

He's actually been a real big help.

Oh. He's been a big help?

I have been raising your son

while your wife hides out

-like a criminal. -Please don't get into that again.

Oh, I'm just curious why everything I've done

hasn't earned me the right to know what's going on.

I was going to tell you.

Oh, when?

When I thought I'd have the patience

to deal with how much I knew it was going to piss you off.

Where's dion's patrol cap?

It's in my room on the tv.

I'll get it.

-Just stay here. -[delilah] okay.

[dion] my patrol cap!

I want to go on patrol.

All right. But just one quick one.

Okay? Let's go.

-How you doing, delilah? -Fine.

How's francis?

She's doing very well, thank you.

Nate told me that you're visiting a lot. That's very thoughtful.

Well, I go where I'm welcome.

Can you tell me why gary shea's coroner's report is sealed?

I heard from ken anderson that

your friend mace was asking about this.

-Is it a murder investigation? -[chief] it is,

but don't ask me to see the coroner's report.

-I can't do that. -I would never have asked.

Listen, delilah.

As your brother moves into the next chapter of his life,

it would definitely profit him

if you and I worked together as a family.

Yeah, that's not going to happen.

Here we are.

[nate] well, tell them, sarge.

The perimeter is clear.

Good to know.

Good to know.

Okay, come on, baby.

I'll see you Sunday.

Can't wait.

-Bye, papa. -Bye.

Well, your sister hasn't changed.

Nope. That's not her thing.

So, this is the prodigy.

I'm no prodigy.

Perhaps not.

How did it make you feel hearing me say that?

-Um... -Are you burning inside right now,

thinking "wait a minute, I am?"

don't devalue your gift

before the world has even had a chance

to decide what it's worth.

Good point.

Miss virginia windavis.

Maia layton. Thank you for helping me get me the violin.

The sound is incredible.

Mmm-hmm.

Let's hear it.

[maia] okay.

That's enough. That's enough.

Did I do something wrong?

No.

Not wrong.

[phone rings]

hey, what's going on?

I'm officially opposing council.

Don't say anything nasty. Just...

Can you come by tonight?

I thought once we were both on this case everything social was off.

There's not going to be a case.

Don't think that you're going to offer me a bunch of money to make this go away.

Delilah...

Leah and I had a talk today.

Fred osborne and I had one too.

You'll be very interested to hear what he had to say.

What did he say?

Just come over.

All right. I'll see you tonight.

Marcus, help dion set the table.

I just did my homework.

So you're free to help.

Where have you been?

At the music store with flo. Sorry.

What were you doing there?

I played for miss virginia and she offered to teach me for free.

For free?

How could that possibly be bad?

Who said it was bad?

The look on your face said it.

Well, who offers to do anything for free?

Are you saying I can't do it?

Can we talk about this at dinner?

I've got to practice. Can I do it?

Can I at least meet this lady first?

Yeah. Sure. I'll set it up.

[tamara] get case to fill that up for you, braxton.

There's nothing scarier that a empty cocktail glass.

[knock at door]

[delilah] woah.

[tamara] casey did this

and didn't tell me.

I meant it seems very nice.

Just wish you would've told me.

Well if you would've known you wouldn't have come

and I couldn't take another day of it. So...

Let's get you a drink.

And you look beautiful.

[delilah] shut up.

[tamara] okay. We have

homemade pizza on the menu

and casey has his best friend jamal

handling the crust.

Hey.

You've done that before?

[tamara] the man's a natural.

[jamal] I don't know about that.

[tamara] I hear he's a natural at everything.

Hey, baby, can you get this lady a negroni.

Love to.

And not too strong. I'm driving.

Double strength.

We've got to talk.

[casey] I'll split the difference.

[jamal] I hope you like pizza.

Ooh. What I wouldn't give to be massaged like that.

So strong. Do you see those hands?

[casey] you know I'm standing right here, right?

So is she.

There you go.

Thank you.

-[casey] delilah strength. -Oh, I can't wait to see what that is.

-Cheers. -[glasses clink]

[jamal] here's to you.

-Now, if you wouldn't mind... -Mmm-hmm.

Come with me so we can make some legal history.

The fastest settlement negotiation ever.

How many of these has she had?

The whole history of american jurisprudence

was made by

drunk white men

waivering over martinis.

[tamara] you give a black female lawyer a drink

and all of a sudden

y'all are just making faces.

See, that is sexism, right there

and racism too. So.

-Come on. -It was nice meeting you.

It was nice to meet you, too.

[dialing]

[phone rings]

hey, buddy, what's up.

Dad, nothing much. Just popping in to say hi.

Is everything okay?

Yeah. Actually, I was wondering

if it'd be cool if I come stay with you for a while?

Yeah, how long a while are we talking about?

Just until dion goes home.

Dion? Um... How long is he staying?

I don't know, man. Forever.

Oh, um...

Well that's kind of something I'll have to talk to mom about.

Yeah. Yeah, I was just wondering if it'll even be like, you know, possible.

Yeah. Let me give mom a call.

-Thanks, dad. -[gordon] hey, marcus,

I'm not saying it's going to happen.

I'm just saying I'm going to talk to mom. All right?

Okay. Thanks. Bye.

What did he want?

Nothing.

You know I still want to meet your kids.

Katya, I know.

No pressure, though.

I know.

He's better looking than gordon.

I'd say equally good looking.

And no elbow patches.

[delilah laughs]

and he's casey's best friend, so...

That means, you and me, we'd be double dating again.

Hmm.

What?

Once this case is over.

Okay, yeah, about that,

fred said leah made up this crazy story about the radio

to get back at him because he wouldn't leave his wife.

He said that they had an affair.

Leah didn't tell you this?

No.

He admits that he fired leah in a less than appropriate way.

He admits that he panicked when she told him that she was in love with him.

He was scared that she was going to blow up his marriage.

[tamara] okay, I can see that look, delilah.

Let me just say...

I hope that we can agree, this does not make fred look great.

Copping to having an affair with his secretary,

especially that one.

-I'm believing this story.-- -Wait. Just wait a minute.

And he's willing to put down two million

to make things right.

Your girl could walk away from this

richer than the both of us.

He could also be copping to this and rushing to settle

because he doesn't want to face punitive charges if we go to court

and find out he oversaw the cover up of gary shea's findings.

-Dee. -And then had that man killed.

Enough with the conspiracy theories, okay?

This is good news.

[tamara] he wants to settle.

He's willing to pay-- leah has never seen money like this.

Let's end this mess tonight.

What?

Does he have any proof of his version of the story?

There is no "his version" of the story, dee.

It's the story.

I'm saying, like, photos, texts, hotel receipts. Anything I can see.

[tamara] you know leah.

It happened.

[phone rings]

[delilah] hello.

[cindy] miss connolly?

This is cindy shea.

Can you come over here?

There's something here you need to see.

[cindy] I was asleep when it happened.

We had visitors here non-stop to see the baby and...

I was so tired.

The last thing gary did was tell me to take a nap.

When I woke up, I found him

with an empty pill bottle.

Is this his prescription?

Just came in the mail today.

The empty bottle the police took

would've only had two or three left.

Not enough to kill a person.

I don't think so.

Do the police know this?

No. Not yet.

They said they were opening an investigation but...

I didn't want to upset gary's parents until I knew for sure what I wanted to do.

About what?

I have something to show you.

[cindy] this is... Was gary's office.

Sorry, it's kind of a mess.

I have kids. I'm used to it.

[cindy] when gary retired he signed an nda.

He was supposed to surrender all, you know, company property.

He didn't.

I've been scared to tell anyone because

I don't want to have to give back the money.

These are all files from osborne?

What kind of files?

[cindy] I don't know.

No one can know I have them.

[phone rings]

-hello? -Hey, dee. It's me.

Listen, this dion thing is kind of getting out of hand.

What dion thing?

Marcus called me tonight. He said that dion is still living there.

He's leaving soon.

Yeah. But it's not fair to marcus.

Not fair?

You know what's not fair, gordon?

You leaving your children without a father in the house.

Dee, you threw me out.

You cheated on me several times, gordon.

You slept with one of your students.

What was I supposed to do?

Build you a throne?

By the way, you still haven't paid me my children allowance.

I just paid $5,000 on a brand new violin for our daughter.

Just to make me look bad.

You know what, dee, I'm going to go before you say something you're gonna regret.

Oh, yeah, do me a favor.

[maia playing violin]

[delilah] come on, we got to go.

I have to make a stop before work, so let's go.

[doorbell rings]

[delilah] christine.

I was going to call you back.

And say what?

Honestly, I'm here now,

just tell me what you were going to say

when you called me back. I'm right here.

Delilah, I'm sorry.

I'm not like you.

I can't just give and give and give.

What are you talking about?

I didn't want nate to go on that second tour.

I told him not to.

But he did it, christine.

And here we are.

Dion is your son.

Doesn't that do anything to you?

[delilah] hearing his name?

Are you on some medication that keeps you from feeling anything?

Please tell me if you are

because then I won't feel like I'm the crazy one here.

I'm not in a place where I can take him back, dee.

I'm sorry, I'm not.

Well, are you in a place where you can take your husband back?

Because in six weeks he's coming back home.

What, is that on the table too, now?

You just telling everybody to go to hell?

You need some space? Come on.

Go on. Go rest.

[andre] everything's going to work itself out.

But you coming around here like this won't help.

And who the hell are you?

I'm a friend of nate and christine's.

Oh!

You're a friend of both of them, huh?

That's right. That's right. Andre.

Ask nate.

The party playlist is fantastic.

I would maybe consider opening with a song other than "single ladies"

because I'm pretty sure she's back with him.

No, I said the same thing.

Oh! I gotta go. I gotta go.

[harper] what is all this stuff?

Evidence for the tactical lawsuit. There's more.

Yeah.

Oh, the observer is sending a reporter.

Oh! That's great.

And you need to call miss barnes.

[phone rings]

[demetria] hello?

Miss barnes, it's delilah connolly.

Thank you for calling me back.

[delilah] harper said you wanted to speak with me?

Yes, I was assuming you were calling to offer me a job.

That's correct.

Well, I just thought...

I'd want you to know what kind of package

I'd be expecting. I might be way out of your price range.

I've got 50k and health insurance. Take it or leave it.

How about a 401k?

If I give you one, I'd have to give harper one too.

-Give me one what? -I'll tell you in a sec.

You know, I don't need you to contribute to it.

I just want it in place.

Deal.

Can you start tomorrow?

I will see you then.

-[delilah] looking forward to it. -Okay.

[chuckles nervously]

[phone pings]

"told you?"

leah.

Is everything okay?

Well.

I'm going up against

the biggest law firm in town

with a client who is willing to do anything to win,

possibly up to and including killing people.

My client won't stop lying to me,

and my best friend, if I'm being honest

is starting to piss me off.

Everything is fine.