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Alright,
Mama's gotta go get arrested.

Previously on "Rebel"...

Stonemore Medical heart valves
are poisoning people.

Why won't she stop?

He doesn't want the case,
Mom.

Sharon was healthy
and happy

till she got
that heart valve replaced.

I said stop it.
And then depression ‐‐

I said stop it!

I lost
the love of my life!

And I can't relive it now.

You want me
to come work for you?
Not for me.

With me, baby girl.

It's not easy living with you.
Ask anybody here.

Guys, tell her.

This is Sharon's autopsy.

I've never looked at it.

Let's go crush
those bastards.

♪♪

♪ Running fast, running free ♪

♪ Lightning hunts
the tallest tree ♪

♪ I can stop the air you see ♪

♪ Doubt me now ♪

♪ Doubt me now ♪

♪ Doubt me, doubt me now ♪

♪ Hey! ♪

♪ Whoo‐hoo ♪

Whew!

I would ask you
how you're doing,

but I think I have
my answer.

My husband filed for divorce
with no warning.

If you could see the scenarios
playing out in my imagination,

you'd understand...

...how healthy
this choice is.

Good news ‐‐
Cruz took the case.

Stonemore?
He did?

Out of pity?

Don't look at me like that
with a gun in your hand.

You know what?
Maybe it was out of pity.

But Stonemore
is poisoning people,

and that pity is gonna save
a lot of lives.

And I can live with that.

I'm not gonna lie.

I'm a little scared of her
right now.

Good.

There's three sides
to every story, Zig ‐‐

yours, mine,
and the cold, hard truth.

Did you read that
on a tea bag?

Don Henley song.

There's wisdom
in those lyrics, kid.

Hey.

♪♪

I'm giving you notice.

No, that's too planned.

Okay.

Cruz, I'm giving you no‐‐
Why am I dancing?

Oh, my goodness.
Uh...

It's nothing personal.

It's just...

Ugh!

Okay, all the potential
plaintiffs received

the mechanical heart valve
that Stonemore manufactured,

and they all developed
severe

and debilitating
auto‐immune disorders.

How many plaintiffs
are we talking?

Well, it's a Rebel crusade, so
there's the potential for a lot.

But our theory is that Stonemore
knew at a certain point

that the valve was defective.

And there should have been
recalls,

but they prioritized profit
over people,

and that's negligence.

Can we prove the link between
the valve and the illnesses?

We don't have to.

All we have to do is show
a strong likelihood

that one led to the other and
let the jury connect the dots.

Here she is.

Sorry we're late.
405 was hell.

Well, you're just on time
to tell us

where we are
on the medical study.

It's under way.

How far under way?

In the early stages.

I started running
background checks

on all the potential plaintiffs,
and several ‐‐

I don't want to hear about
the background checks yet.

I want to hear about the study.
Who's overseeing it?

Dr. Nathaniel Flynn.

Nate?
Yes.

Your son?
Yes.

The gynecologist?

Don't say it
like it's a dirty word.

Oh, your son,
the gynecologist,

is overseeing
our heart‐valve study?

He is consulting
with a cardiologist.

And he is
perfectly qualified ‐‐

You lied to me.

I did not lie!

He is doing a study.

Hey, Misha.
You got a sec?

Hey, uh, I don't know
if you saw my mom on the news

talking about
the Stonemore heart valve?

Are you serious?
I know.

It's embarrassing.

But I kind of agreed to start
a formal study for her,

mostly just to shut the whole
thing down and prove her wrong.

But I'm not a cardiothoracic
surgeon, and you are.

She just has a‐a Facebook group
right now,

and, obviously,
we need a group of patients

who aren't
self‐selecting.

So I was wondering if you
might be willing to follow up

with some of your patients
who got the Stonemore valve.

You ghosted me.

What?
Two years ago.

We had three dates.
They were good dates.

From my perspective,
they were excellent dates.

You were charming,
and I was funny,

and we were both
good in bed.

And then I just never heard
from you again.

You stopped texting.

And when I'd pass you
in the halls,

you would look
at your phone

like it was the most
interesting thing in the world.

I felt like
I was in high school,

except I wasn't having sex
in high school,

so it was like high school
but more awful,

which is really
saying something.

And now you're just
wandering up to me

like none of that ever happened
and asking for my help

with the study
of the Stonemore valve,

which, by the way, is the single
best mechanical heart valve

to ever hit the market.

So I'm left with no choice but
to repeat my initial question,

which, if you'll think back
just a couple minutes ago,

was, "Are you serious?"

Annie,
a study can take years,

even under
the best circumstances,

which these are not.

Don't talk to me
like I'm new at this.

Look, I stayed up all night
reading what you have,

and it's just not enough.

Cruz, I swear, when you sit down
and talk to these people ‐‐

I will sit down and talk
to these people today,

but it's still not enough
to file.

What you need
is a Patient X.

A what?

A Patient X,
an ace in the hole.

Someone who got the valve

and then developed
auto‐immune disease

and then got the valve removed,
and the disease reversed itself.

Uh, no, no.

The insurance companies
won't acknowledge

that the valve
is a problem,

so they're not gonna pay
to have them removed.

If I would have known Sharon's
valve was making her sick,

I would have paid out of pocket
to have it removed,

so I'm betting
somebody did.

You find me a Patient X,
and I'll file your suit.

It's not my suit.

Rebel, take the win.
Cruz, I'm on it.

You have to stop thinking
about this as my suit.

If you think about it
as my suit,

you're gonna do
a crappy job.

Annie.

Do you have, uh,
Sharon's autopsy with you?

You ready to look?
No.

Just want it back.

If Annie's crusade
bankrupts my firm...

Just help out if you can,
okay?

♪♪

♪♪

Um, it was a Jake
or a James.

He was
a college professor.

And he, somehow,
got his insurance

to approve getting
his Stonemore valve removed.

When?

When, Helen?

Uh, about
a year‐and‐a‐half ago.

About
a year‐and‐a‐half ago.

And he said he would
report back to the group,

but he never did.

Ugh.

This brain fog ‐‐ God!

I wish I could remember
his name.

It's okay.
Lana's on it.

Thanks, Helen.
Talk soon.

Grady wants to stay
in the guesthouse.

Think I should let him?

While he divorces you?

Oh, I get it.

You think if you let him stay,
he won't want the divorce.

I think Ziggy doesn't need
a giant upheaval right now.

And it's not always easy
to get my attention.

Maybe he was just trying
to get my attention.

Any man who would file
for divorce

to get your attention
doesn't deserve your attention.

Got him.

Jason Erickson,
college professor in Claremont.

Last posted
to the Stonemore support group

a year‐and‐a‐half ago.

Is he still alive?

Yes.
Yes.

He posted on his own page
this morning,

"I hate everyone.
Wish me luck."

Come on.

Claremont's just
an hour drive.

♪♪

It's gonna be
a long haul.

We got to stay focused,
alright?

Thanks.
Appreciate it.

Hey, hey.
There you are.

Listen, I'm gonna need you
to take, uh,

a bunch of client declarations
today

in the conference room,
okay?

Um, Cruz,
I‐I'm giving you a notice.

Okay.

Not ‐‐ Not a notice,
just notice.

I'm ‐‐
I'm giving you notice.

Notice of what?

Are you quitting because
I'm taking on Stonemore?

You're taking on
Stonemore?

Why?
Well, you don't get to know why
if you're quitting.

Why are you quitting?
My mother's a lot,

and my dad offered me
a job.

You're gonna go work
for Benji Ray?

Look, I've learned so much
from you, and I'm so grateful.

And now I have the chance
to learn what I can from him.

And you're giving me
notice?

Yes.
No.

No?
No, no notice.

Pack up
and get out now.

Uh, are you serious?
Yes, I'm serious.

You're gonna go work
for the enemy.

I'm tempted to call security
and have them show you out.

Does your mother know
what you're doing?

No, and I'd prefer
to tell her myself.

Okay.
Before you go pack,

I want to say one thing
as family, not as your boss.

Have you thought
this thing through?

Cruz,
I'd work for you forever,

but I barely work
for you.

As long as I'm here,

I mainly work for her
and mostly for free.

I just ‐‐ I need to break free
a little bit.

You know?
Just spread my wings.

A "yes" or "no"
would have sufficed.

I don't need
a Whitney Houston song.

I'd wish you luck,
but I'm too bitter.

Okay.

No. You absolutely
will not move out.

Under California state law,
it's your house, too.

That's what I told her.

Honestly,
you're being generous

offering to move into
the guesthouse.

I want to be generous.

I told you,
we got a kid together.

The adopted daughter,
Rosa?

Rosa.
W‐We call her Ziggy,

but it doesn't matter that she's
adopted, 'cause she's our kid.

My kid. She's having
a tough time already,

so I don't want to
move away from her.

Listen, Ziggy got strung out
on pain meds last year.

One minute,
she's this great kid,

I'm taking her to all
these volleyball tournaments,

and the next minute,
it was bad,

and I didn't get it
and I didn't understand it

and I still kind of don't,
but I couldn't leave then.

It was just too much.

So I wasn't happy,
but I waited.

Now Rebel just wants me
to disappear.

I'll repeat
what I said before, Grady.

Moving into the guesthouse
is generous of you.

So let's help her
understand that.

♪♪

♪ I guess we had to learn
the hard way ♪

Hey!

Hey.

Quad?

Quad as in quadruple?

Espresso?
Don't judge me.

This is my one
stupid drug.

What are you doing here?

You don't have school?

No, I dropped out
when I was strung out.

I'm thinking I might go back.
I don't know yet.

You?
Expelled.

Yeah, when I was doing Oxy
every day,

I was also stealing
to support my habit.

And now I, uh, do homeschool
and I intern at a law firm.

Do you want a coffee?

I'll buy you one if you...
teach me how to skateboard?

♪♪

I am busy,
I'm running late,

and I do not want whatever it is
that you're selling.

Jason,
I'm Annie Flynn Ray Bello.

I'm here to talk to you about
your Stonemore heart valve.

Oh, I know you.
I read your first book.

Excellent message,
mediocre prose.

Still, no.

You know, in general,
I am a fan of what you do.

You fight the good fight,
you clean up the blah‐blah‐blah,

and brava to you.

But I'm having a bit of a day ‐‐
or a bit of a month.

Or it might just be
a bit of a decade.

And this day might be
the worst day

of my very bad decade.

Do you want to
tell us about it?
We've been known
to help.

I have to go
before the board

at the college where I teach
to defend my job,

which is everything
to me.

It is all I have.

Couldn't help but notice
the swastika on your garage.

Does that have anything
to do with why your
job's on the line?

He has a swastika
on his garage?

I have scrubbed it off and
painted it over three times.

Every time,
he puts it there again.

Hmm. Honestly,
I didn't even see it.

I did.

She used to be a cop.
That, too.

Who painted the swastika
on your garage, Professor?

A begrudged student
who is now accusing me

of physically
assaulting him.

Did you assault him?

No, I did not.

I just tried to catch him
in the act.

I've been trying to catch him
in the act for months,

because it's not
just my garage.

It's ‐‐ It's my desk,
it's my blackboard, it's my car,

it's hate mail and threats
and homophobic slurs,

ever since I gave him
a fully earned "D."

A grade? Some kid is doing this
over a grade?

No, he's doing it
'cause he's a Nazi.

The grade just gave him
a target.

Yeah, and the police
and the college do nothing

because I don't have
any proof.

Listen,
I‐I really can't be late.

Well, how about we give you
a ride?

It's walking distance.
We love to walk.

Cruz?

The, uh, Stonemore plaintiffs
are gathering in the lobby.

Do you want to take
their statements together

or shall we divide
and conquer?

I'd like to jump out
the window.

So together then?

You know why
I hired Cassidy?

Because Rebel
asked you to?

She didn't ask me to.

She asked my wife,
and then my wife asked me.

My wife and Annie
made friends

when Cassidy and my daughter,
Carmen, were in grade school.

They bonded over some
perceived school‐yard injustice.

I watched Cassidy grow up,

and I watched her
almost blow it all.

She beat up some kid
at school

for some other
perceived injustice.

Well, she beat up the guy
who raped her best friend,

so that was
an actual injustice.
Yeah, yeah,
but my point is

that I had to represent her
in ‐‐ in family court

to keep her
out of juvie.

And then I hired her
into my firm.

Then I hired
Annie's former sister‐in‐law

because she got kicked out
of the police force.

Lana.
Yeah, Lana.

And now I hired her other kid
as an intern fresh out of rehab.

And now I'm gonna spend
the next many months of my life

interviewing people
who are suffering

from the same thing
that my ‐‐

But the point I'm making here,
Amir,

is that you cannot say no
to that woman.

No matter how good you are
at saying no in general.

In fairness to you, Cruz,
she has good taste in people,

great instincts
when it comes to clients,

so maybe it's not that
you can't say no to her, sir.

Maybe it's that
you just know better

than to second‐guess her.

Cassidy quit today.
Did you hear?

Wait. What?

You quit?

I'm tired of feeling obligated
to do my mother's bidding.

So instead of learning
basic boundaries,

you're opting
for unemployment?

Well, my dad
offered me a job.

So, really, I'm opting for a war
with my mom...and a raise.

Your father and his firm
defend people

and corporations that do
very bad things, Cass.

Not exclusively.

The work he does enables
those people and corporations

to keep doing
those very bad things.

Everyone's entitled to
a zealous representation, Amir.

It's the constitutional premise
of our entire justice system.

That sentence is what
every lawyer says

on the day
they sell out.

Don't do it.

Don't sell your soul
just to piss off your mom.

I'm not selling
my soul.

I'm buying back
my freedom.

And paying off
some student loans.

But I do hope
we can still hang out.

- There you go.
- Okay, okay.

Like that?

Yeah. There you go.
Now put your foot on.

There you go. There you go.
You got it.

Okay.
Alright, go ahead,
go ahead.

I ‐‐
Yeah!

Hey, watch out.
Aah!

Ugh. Ow!

I got to get you a helmet.
Geez!

Oh, my God.

Hey, you alright?

I‐I think I broke it.

Hey, no.
Oh, my God.
Is it broken?

Let me see, let me see.
Can you move your thumb?

A little bit?

Ziggy, look.
Look. You're okay.

You're fine.

Just need some ice.

Okay.

I'm mortified.

You got
a little freaked out there.

I got strung out 'cause of
a sports injury, so I just...

Ugh! Sorry.

Hey, don't be sorry.

You're cute
when you panic.

You want a hand?

Yes, please.

Hey, uh, if it still hurts,
we can stop in there.

It'll help with the pain.

What?

Okay,
it's not the same as Oxy.

Weed isn't even addictive.
Yes, it is.

To addicts,
it's addictive, Sean.

You're either clean
or you're not.

I mean, you had four espressos
this morning.

That's not
the same thing.

Why?
Because your sponsor says so?

I have to go to my internship.
Don't follow me.

Ziggy. Come on.
Ziggy.

I was kidding.

I lost years
to that hellish heart valve.

Boyfriend left me.

I didn't publish,
didn't make tenure.

But you're
feeling better now,

since they took
the Stonemore valve out.

Am I feeling better now?

I'm being dragged
before the board

by a kid who's been targeting
and terrorizing me.

What I am feeling,
in all sincerity,

is that I might have a heart
attack today just out of spite.

Joining a lawsuit is
the last thing I need right now.

Uh, Professor Erickson,
I know you've been through hell,

and the last thing you want
to do is go backwards,

but it's ‐‐
There. That's him.

Matthew Hilliard.

If the Stonemore valve
took a human form,

it's Matthew Hilliard.

That's him?
Not what I pictured.

You expecting
an SS uniform?

Yeah, they don't wear those
these days.

This is all I have left.

My job is all I have left,

and that hateful little bastard
is gonna take it.

Sir, no, no.
He's not.

He's not
because I'm here.

Now, pull yourself together,
and let's go fight this thing.

Uh, Jason ‐‐
Professor Erickson,

you ‐‐
you brought a friend?

- She's my lawyer.
- A lawyer?

I wasn't even allowed
to bring my parents.

Uh, I'm clearly not a lawyer.
I'm an advocate.

My name is
Annie Flynn Ray Bello.

Oh.
M‐Ms. Bello ‐‐

Ms. Bello is my mother‐in‐law.

We never really got along.
You can call me Rebel.

Uh, respectfully, Ms. ‐‐
Rebel.

This is a disciplinary hearing
for a professor.

For the student that's been
spray‐painting swastikas

on Professor Erickson's house
all year.

Ma'am, this is a hearing
for Professor Erickson

because he assaulted
a student.

We have a zero‐tolerance policy
for physical assault.

Oh, and hate speech
you tolerate?

Per Professor Erickson's
contract,

if he lays hands on a student,
his contract is void.

This is nothing
but a formality.

Nothing but a formality?

You're ‐‐
You're not interested

in hearing his side
of the story?

Oh, wow.

I broke two ribs.

That's pretty violent.

It wasn't.

He was running,
and I caught him.

And ‐‐ And the part
you don't see

is me walking into
my classroom

to find the word "homo"
spray‐painted on my chalkboard

for the third time
in a month

and seeing this kid walking out
the back door.

I didn't do that.
He's just obsessed with me.

I had left my homework
in the classroom.

That's all.

All I want is to go to school
and be left alone.

I'm not into you, man.

Can't you just
accept that?
You know something?

Uh, could I ask
for a brief recess

to have a word with my client,
Your Honor?

I'm not a judge.

I'm a women's studies
professor.

And I'm still not a lawyer,
but I do need a brief recess.

Come on.

I don't do this
as well as you do, my love.

Never get it quite ‐‐
quite right.

Yeah, well,
I guess it'll have to do.

Come in.

Hey.
Hey.

I'm taking coffee orders.
Do you want anything?

Hey, what's wrong, neña?

And don't say "nothing."

I just fell,
and I hurt my wrist.

It's fine.

Enough with the coffee.

You're taking declarations
with me today.

I am?
Uh‐huh.

Why?
Why?

Because an intern is supposed to
actually learn something.

Awesome. Yeah.
Thank you. Thank you.

Um...your pocket thing
is crooked.

Well,
could you do better?

No.
Then that's
your first lesson ‐‐

never point out a flaw
unless you have a way to fix it.

Let's go. A combate.

Oh. Hey.

Listen,
I'm really sorry.

I'm sorry.
I‐I didn't mean to ‐‐

Be an ass?
Exactly.

Then why were you?

Well,
I‐I kind of have this ‐‐

I'm late for surgery
and I don't have time

to listen to you failing
to finish your sentences.

I did it because I'm damaged,
you know?

I‐I‐I feel like I'm damaged
goods in the romance department.

That is
the worst possible answer.

Do you know why?

No.

Because that is about you,
and we are talking about me,

how you treated me,
my feelings.

Well, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry about
how I treated you, Misha,

and not just because
I need your help now.

I'll make you a deal.

I'm gonna spend
my afternoon

making those Stonemore calls
for you,

and, in exchange, you are
going to take some time to think

and then get a drink
with me

and explain to me
why you did what you did.

I want details
because I want to know

how to recognize men like you
in the future.

I might also want sex
to scratch an itch,

but I'll decide that after
approximately three drinks.

Deal?

You'd have sex
with me again?
It was good sex.

I would never date you again,
though.

I have self‐respect.

Can I help you?

Are you the mother
of Matthew Hilliard?

Yes, I am. I'm Teri.
And you are?

My name is Lanalee Ray, and
I am investigating a hate crime.

Oh, my God.
That man.

That man
would say anything.

My son is not a Nazi.

Teri,
can you tell me ‐‐

Professor Erickson ‐‐
he needs help.

My son is being harassed
by him.

Are you with the police?

Teri, I can see you're
very upset, and I ‐‐

I am very upset because
my son is not a Nazi.

I didn't raise a Nazi.

Come here.

Talk to me, Jason.

If I'm gonna help you,
I need the whole story.

I didn't ask
for your help.

You showed up at my door
and you offered it.

And you didn't offer it
out of the kindness of
your heart, by the way.

You offered it because
you need me for your lawsuit,

not the other way around.

And now you want to accuse me
of lying?

I didn't accuse you
of it.

You accused
through inference.

You said
you need the whole story.

It infers that I withheld
something from you,

and I didn't.

You didn't mention
the part

where he says
you're in love with him.

That's because this is the first
time I'm hearing of it.

Add it to the grab bag
of cruelties and lies.

Really?
Really.

What a little crapsack
he is.

Thank you.
Let's go.

And there's my son winning
a community‐service award

at age 8.

You really think
Nazis do that?

Oh, look, here's one
where he got a prize

for exemplary sharing
in the fifth grade.

Exemplary sharing?

Yes, my son is

of the everybody‐gets‐a‐trophy
generation.

That doesn't make him
a Nazi.

Teri, do you have Matthew's
computer password?

Why would I
give you that?

You're not even
with the police.

No, but I work with
Annie Flynn Ray Bello.

Rebel?
Her book is on your shelf.

And she works
for Professor Erickson.

And if your son
is innocent,

that means
the professor is guilty,

and that's a thing
I need Rebel to know

before she gets
any deeper.

So...
I'm saying please.

Professor Erickson is a man
who lost years of his life

to a poisonous medical device
that was sewn into his heart.

So he doesn't have a lot of
patience for anyone or anything

that's gonna waste any more
of his precious time

on this planet.

He didn't mean
to hurt Matthew.

He only meant to catch him.

We have a zero‐tolerance
policy for assa‐‐

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I know, I know. For assault.

How high is your tolerance
for cruelty, for viciousness,

for bullying,
for gaslighting?

How high is your tolerance
for Nazism?

He doesn't have
any proof.

He was trying
to get proof.

Do you actually think
this mild‐mannered professor

with a heart problem,
who's been teaching for ‐‐

How many years, Jason?
22.

After a 22‐year career
would just arbitrarily decide

to tackle a kid
in the hallway one day?

You have to use
your common sense.

You have to look past the policy
to the human beings involved.

We have done that,
Ms. Bello.

Matthew Hilliard has
a flawless record,

and Professor Erickson
has multiple complaints.

Just last year,
Sadie Leshup registered

a formal complaint
against you, Jason.

She said that you were rude
to the point of abusive.

Okay, but j‐just
for some context,

Sadie Leshup spelled the word
"context" with a "K" and an "S."

C‐O‐N‐T‐E‐K‐S‐T.

And when I marked it wrong,
she said, it can't be wrong,

'cause that's how
she's always spelled it.

And did you hit her?

I hit her with a C‐minus.

We have a zero‐tolerance policy
for assault.

We don't know
who's been harassing you,

and barring
any actual proof,

I'm sorry, Jason,
but we have no other choice.

Y‐You're fired.

Oh, my God.

No.
This is not over.

This is not over.
We do not accept this.

Excuse me?
I need him.

I need him,

and the hundreds of people
I'm working for need him.

He's my one‐in‐a‐million.
He is my unicorn.

And I need him,
so you need to sit back down.

Because I am relentless,
I am tireless,

and, quite frankly,
I'm exhausting.

I will chase you
through the halls.

I will chase you
through the courts.

And I will exhaust you in a way
that you will deeply regret.

Ms. Bello, what exactly do you
think is the right thing here?

Well, the right thing to do
is a real investigation.

But you're not gonna do that ‐‐
not because of policy,

but because our friend
Jason here is kind of a pill.

Excuse me?
You slammed the door
in my face this morning.

Who does that?

He's a pill, but that
doesn't mean you just fire him.

Oh, thank God.
The White Boys?

You're a dues‐paying member
of The White Boys?!

Mom, what are you doing
with my computer?

You're spending your time
in incel chat rooms?

Matthew, is this what you're
doing with your time these days?

I‐I...
We also found spray paint
and sketchbooks

in the back
of his closet.
Mm‐hmm.

Say goodbye
to your new friends, Matthew.

Mom!

Mom!

I'm a very big fan.

♪♪

So, can we assume

that Professor Erickson
is no longer fired

for the crimes of giving
his students honest grades?

♪♪

Hey.

Hey.
You remember Misha Nelson?

Misha...

She's a cardiothoracic surgeon
I dated a couple years ago.

She's smart, attractive,
funny.

Yeah. Why?
Why'd I end it?

Because she decided
to sleep over after sex.

Oh.
So you had to do
your whole

"move to the couch
and set an alarm,

then move back to the bedroom
before she wakes up" thing.

Yeah, no,
that's too much work.

Yeah,
too many intimacy issues.

Oh, please.

Like you'd let a guy sleep over
after three dates.

I definitely wouldn't.

Intimacy issues are a thing
we have in common.

Maybe it's because
we have the same mother.

Does our mother know yet

that you're going to work
for your dad?

Uh, no.

At least I don't think so.
She hasn't disowned me yet.

She's not gonna disown you.
She's just gonna yell a lot.

Please. She's the same person
who left my dad

when he decided to stop
working for the people

and become
a corporate attorney.

You remember
when I was 9

and I set fire to the house
with my magnifying glass?

Yeah.
But that was an accident.

I did this on purpose.

And the, uh ‐‐
the headaches are every day?

No, but they're becoming
more frequent,

and when they do come,

it's enough to make you
want to leave the planet.

And you didn't
have headaches

before you got
the Stonemore valve?

That's a stupid question.
I'm your age.

Of course
I'd had headaches.

I'm just asking.
No, I know
what you're asking.

No, I have never experienced
pain like this.

Where's Rebel?
She's not here.

Rebel said
you're the best,

but it doesn't seem like
your heart's in this.

My heart?
I spent two years
organizing this group.

I've sent dozens of e‐mails
to Rebel alone.

I've written hundreds
of letters to lawyers

looking for someone
to take this case on.

This valve ruined me.

Didn't just ruin me.

It ruined hundreds
of other people

that I now know personally
and consider my friends.

And if I know hundreds,
how many are out there?

Thousands,
tens of thousands.

When I say your heart's
not in this, Mr. Cruz,

I'm not saying I expect you
to care the way I care.

I know lawyers take cases
primarily for money.

I'm not naive.
But I need to win this.

I need this valve
out of my body.

I need this valve
out of my daughter's body.

I need to win this.

And Rebel said
that you're the best,

but you seem
not all that interested.

And that is causing me
some emotional pain

on top of the physical pain
that I live with every day.

I got him.

Hey, Zig.
Hey, Helen.

Meet Jason Erickson.

Helen Peterson.
Jason.

Oh, it's so nice to finally
meet you in person.

I wanted to report back
to the group.

I should have.
And I'm sorry.

Got him, Cruz.

Patient X.

♪♪

Cass.

You're a couple weeks early.

Cruz didn't want notice,
so...

Yeah, that figures.
I'm happy you're here.

Thanks.
I'd show you around,
but it's a busy day.

Luke, can you help Cassidy find
her office, give her a tour?

Absolutely.
Have a great first day.

Try to be friendly ‐‐
boss's kid and all.

No matter how old I
get, he still makes
me feel like I'm 12.

Well, if it helps at all,
he makes me feel that way, too.

Follow me.

Can I take that?
Yes, please.

Here we are.

Wow.

What do you think?

Everything's
so shiny and new.

So?

Was it rough with Cruz?

Everyone just feels
a little betrayed.

Fair enough.

How do you feel?

I feel...

like I'm free
for the first time.

I feel exhilarated.
I‐I feel...

Every day of my professional
life has been about my mom

because her name
got me into law school,

and she got Cruz
to hire me.

And now ‐‐
Now you don't work
for her.

Now I don't work for her,
and it's just hitting me.

I‐I thought I would be
conflicted, you know?

But I just ‐‐
I feel ‐‐

Beautiful.

What?
What?

Oh, nothing.

Um...I've got to ‐‐
Uh, see you later.

Ooh!

Ahh!

Oh! Oh, he's beautiful.

There you go, Mom.

Oh.

Well done, alright?

You, too.
Good job, Dad.

♪♪

Don't do that.

Don't do what?
Smile at me.

We're not friends.

You ghosted me.
Live with it.

Nate.

Oh, hey. Hey.

I called 25 patients
with Stonemore valves.

22 of them are living
their best lives.

And the other three?

The other three are terribly ill
with auto‐immune symptoms

that they didn't have
before the surgery.

Damn it.

I hate it
when my mom's right.

Sit here.

Tell them what you told me,
word for word.

Um...I got
the Stonemore valve,

and, uh,
within a couple of years,

I‐I got so sick
that my whole life fell apart.

Full‐body inflammation,
debilitating migraines.

So I got it taken out.

Because his sister works
for the insurance company.

Uh...
Oh, sorry. Go on.

I had the valve removed and
replaced with a porcine valve.

A‐And within a week,
no more migraines, no more pain.

I had been so sick,
I wanted to die.

And then
it was just gone.

Oh, my God.

Why didn't you tell us?

You were all so sick,

and I was feeling
so much better.

I didn't want to
rub it in.

I was a coward,
and I'm sorry.

Are you willing
to join our suit?

My sister's gonna be
seriously pissed, but...

Rebel saved my ass today,
and so, yes.

Just yes.

I‐It's the right thing,

and I want to help
if I can help.

No, it's not gonna be
simple as that.

You see, they're gonna put you
through the wringer.

There's gonna be a‐a million
different medical tests.

You're gonna feel like
a pincushion

by the time
they get through with you.

Oh, my God.

Why are you trying
to talk him out of helping us?

I have the same question.

♪♪

Excuse me a second.
I'm sorry.

I‐I‐I'm sorry.

Um, excuse me a second,
as well.

♪♪

Why?! Why?!

♪♪

Why?!

What's going on
in there?

Cruz is finally getting that
Aunt Sharon didn't have to die.

That Stonemore hurt her.

There was a way
to save her.

Shouldn't you
go in there?

No.

He needs to let it out.

Helen.

You are correct
that you deserve better

than what I've given you
here today.

You deserve better
and you will get better,

and I will be better.

What this company
has done to you

and countless others like you
is unconscionable.

And they will pay.

They will recall
the valves.

They will pay to remove
the valves

from each and every one
of you.

And they will pay damages

for the life
they've stolen from you.

Now, I know
that no amount of money

will bring back
what you've lost,

but we're gonna get
enough money from them

till they feel the sting,
to make them think twice

before they choose profit
over lives in the future,

before they ignore
scientific evidence

and human suffering

and continue
to call themselves altruists.

They will pay.

And with your blessing,
I will file this action today

and I will see to it
that they do.

Thank you.

♪♪

♪♪

Grady!

What the hell?

I said no
to the guesthouse.

You could have at least
given me a damn minute

to change my mind
before you move in.

I'm not moving in, babe.
You are.

What?
You said I can't have
the guesthouse,

so I'm keeping
the main house, okay?

I just put all your junk
in there.

Grady, uh, are you sure
you want to play like this?

Dad, can you please just move
into the guesthouse?

That's what
I want to do.

That's all I want to do,
but your mom's got a way

of making everything
more difficult

than it has to ‐‐

You gonna get off
my property?

No.
Mom.

What the hell, Rebel?
Mom!

Oh, m‐‐ Oh, my God.

I shouldn't have done that.

Ziggy, I‐I'm so sorry.

Ziggy, I should not
have done that.

I shouldn't have pulled a gun
on your dad.

You ‐‐ you didn't pull a gun
on Dad.

You pulled a gun on his car.
I mean, that's different.

That's my client's car!

If you think this was ugly
a minute ago, I'm gonna make ‐‐

Alright, that's
enough! That's enough!
Everybody, just stop.

He gets the guesthouse,
Rebel.
What?

He gets the guesthouse because
now he has you on vandalism

and brandishing
a deadly weapon.
Oh, yeah.

If he presses charges,
this does not go well for you.

He gets the guesthouse.

And you go
to marriage counseling.

What?
What?

That's what you told me
when I was circling the drain.

And it felt impossible.

You said that
I didn't get to just quit.

I didn't get to just die,
not at least without a fight,

so that's what
I'm telling you.

You guys don't get to
just quit each other,

not without
at least a fight!

Okay.

So he gets the guesthouse,
no one's pressing charges,

and you go to counseling.

She pays for
my client's windshield.

Yeah, I pay for everything
anyway.

Alright.
Sounds like we have a deal.

And, Dad, move Mom's crap
back in the house.

And I'll be taking this home
with me tonight.

Probably a good idea.

Alright, here you are.

That's a big stack
of files.

Yep.
We're a busy firm.

You worried about the fallout
in your family?

You know,
when my parents divorced,

my mum cut my dad out of
all the family photos,

and my dad

he permanently replaced
my mum's first name

with a curse word so vile
I‐I won't repeat it.

And they never
spoke again.

Just wondering what happens
when your mum finds out.

I have an older brother ‐‐

he has a different dad
than me ‐‐

and a younger sister who also
has a different dad than me.

And even though my mom burns
through husbands like kindling,

she sticks with her kids.

And we stick
with each other.

She'll be pissed and my
little sister will side with her

and everyone will yell a lot,
but at the end of the day,

we're a family.

No one pretends
anyone doesn't exist ‐‐

not even the ex‐husbands.

Well, that's nice.

Yeah.

Sometimes, it is.

♪ Blessed child,
you're smiled upon ♪

♪ It's open roads,
and they're playing your song ♪

♪ And the light always shines ♪

♪ On everything you do ♪

Come with me.

Where?

We're gonna end this day
on a better note.

♪ You've got the purpo‐‐ ♪

Okay, God,
give me strength.

Yes?
Can I help you?

Mark Duncan?
Yes.

You've been served.

Have a good night.

♪♪

♪♪

You're right.
That was fun.

Burgers and fries?

I'm vegetarian.

Burger's for me.

♪♪

Really,
it's important that...

Cass.

Hey, I don't mean
to interrupt.

Just wanted to say hi.

Everyone,
this is Cassidy Ray,

our newest associate
and my firstborn.

Nice to meet you all.

We'll catch up
with you later, Cass.

Right now,
I got a big, old fish to fry.

So I've heard.

Who's the big,
new client?

Stonemore Medical.

♪♪

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