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BERLUTI: Previously on "The Practice"...

You got fired from your last firm

for embezzling. Allegedly.

You threatened extortion your first week here.

That was an accident. Break privilege,

for which you almost got disbarred.

Horseshoes.

FRUTT: Sleep with witnesses. Just the one.

You are seriously self-destructive.

Isn't everybody?

The difficult thing about firing him--

Aside from him being your friend...

FRUTT: Is that, once again,

he fell on the sword for somebody else

and he did save us

from a malpractice judgment.

And possibly expose us

to something much worse.

Ellenor said something about me

being self-destructive,

but I assure you,

if I am unwittingly

or unconsciously...

trying to take anybody down,

it isn't you...

or this law firm.

(siren wailing)

Nothing?

They just pulled the offer... completely.

On the eve of trial?

Karen, it seems I've been duped.

(sirens wailing)

(engine revving)

(tires screeching)

(cars honking)

The defendant's lawyer

is known to be underhanded.

I now think he...

led me to believe they'd settle only to string me along.

(siren wailing)

(tires screeching)

OFFICER: Police, hold... OFFICER: Freeze!

OFFICER: Get him.

We are very ready, Karen.

This lawyer--

it's a setback, no doubt, but tomorrow,

we are ready to proceed with this trial.

(door opens)

TED: I need a lawyer!

WILSON: Hold on a second.

TED: Wait! I need Bobby.

WILSON: Sir, you need to-- TED: Where is Bobby?

What's going on? TED: I need a lawyer.

WILSON: It seems that he needs Bobby.

I could be mistaken. TED: No. No. No...

Sir, come here. Ellenor,

can you take Karen into your office, please?

TED: There's not much time.

There's not much time. All right.

Take it.

Take it.

That's very kind, but I already have a knife.

Please, they'll be here any second.

I need you to-- OFFICER: All right. Go.

Police! Freeze! Get down now!

WILSON: You get down!

What the hell is this? Where is he?

What is going on here?

Did anybody just come in here?

Six people, in fact,

dressed in blue.

JONES: We're looking for a man,

mid 30s, jeans, blue jacket.

He entered this building.

Is he a criminal?

He's a homicide suspect.

SHORE: Homicide?

My god, do you know what you've done?

We represent murderers here.

It's quite possible the man you speak of

came into this building to hire us.

With the six of you, guns out,

now he'll never come in.

You may very well have cost us business, officer.

Bad policemen, very bad.

(music playing)

You've gotta help me.

Mr. Grayson, I already have.

It's a miracle the police

didn't insist on searching the place,

in which case-- I was hiding under the table.

I appreciate that, but trainees at the academy

are now advised to look under tables.

It's been a giant leap for law enforcement.

Look, I'm just asking for you to hold the knife.

And as I've explained,

I'm not permitted to do that.

This would be considered evidence.

TED: Please.

It's evil. It makes me do things.

Mr. Grayson,

if we were to assume possession of this weapon,

and you were to be charged with a crime,

we would have an obligation,

a legal obligation,

to turn it over to the police.

Look,

I'm telling you.

It's evil.

It makes me do things.

(sighs) You know what?

Why don't you let me

turn the evil knife over to the police

so that they might incarcerate it?

TED: No. They'll trace it to me.

I'm not going to jail.

I want it at a place where the police can't get it.

Where I can't get it.

Would you excuse me for a minute?

Are you going to call the police?

No.

I just want to discuss this matter with my colleagues.

I'll be right back.

Did he kill somebody?

Well, there's blood on it.

I don't think he used it

to puncture a tire.

FRUTT: Why doesn't he just throw it in a dumpster?

That might make sense, Ellenor,

but I can't counsel him to do that,

unless you'd like me to. No.

We can't advise a destruction of evidence.

Well, we can't keep it, Eugene.

If he leaves with it, he might kill again.

It's evil.

Excuse me.

Thank you for your help.

I'm gonna look for another lawyer.

(door opens)

Well, it seems we dodged a bullet.

Yes.

It seems so.

(music playing)

What are you doing?

Getting back to work.

We have a trial in the morning.

You'll testify first,

and then we'll be calling our doctors.

Okay.

Just speak from your heart, Karen.

Emotion is the strongest part of our case.

We don't really have a case, do we, Ellenor?

Uh, counselor?

Excuse me, please.

I apologize for my client

pulling the offer last minute like that.

Uh...

we really didn't see it coming.

Right.

Three hundred thousand, no admission of liability,

sealed, we're done.

We can get a drink,

patch up our differences.

I can't go $300,000,

but how about zero?

Does zero work for you?

(elevator dings)

WILSON: He's been arrested.

Who? Ted Grayson.

Mr. Knife Man.

The victim was a CPA

stabbed in an alley.

Witnesses evidently saw Teddy

and reported his license plate.

So they've got him in custody?

WILSON: Yes, and he called asking for you.

It seems that he didn't find other representation.

Did they recover the knife?

WILSON: No. No sign of the knife.

Okay, you might have to cover the arraignment.

I'm in trial here.

But I'm not licensed.

It's just an arraignment.

Also, find out anything

and everything you can

about Mr. Grayson.

Alan.

SHORE: I'm coming.

I'll see you at the arraignment.

KAREN: My husband was very depressed about his job.

He...

hated the insurance business to begin with,

and when his performance declined,

he just went into a tailspin.

Did he get treatment?

KAREN: Yes, he saw a doctor who prescribed leretol,

an antidepressant.

FRUTT: Did that help?

KAREN: No.

Almost immediately after taking it,

he became more agitated,

volatile.

Uh, about a week after he was on it,

he struck me.

He struck you?

KAREN: Yes,

which was so not him.

Paul was--

he never showed any signs of being hostile,

certainly not violent.

What happened then?

He started getting into altercations at work

and was subsequently fired.

That's when he started--

that's when he said he wanted

to kill his boss.

Did you think about calling the police?

No.

Because as I said, I couldn't even fathom

that he would--

later that night, he...

he turned the gun on himself.

And you blame the drug leretol?

It transformed him from...

a kind,

docile man

into a volatile, violent person

immediately after he started taking it.

I know it was the drug.

Your husband was very depressed over work?

Yes.

Depressed before taking the leretol?

Yes, but he-- COLBY: Thank you.

Did he ever hurt anybody

after taking the drug leretol?

He struck me once.

He struck you?

With his fist,

open hand?

Open hand.

Were you injured?

Physically, no,

but my children-- Thank you.

Did he tell you

that he purchased a gun

to shoot his employer? No.

He said he bought it for personal protection,

but this-- Which you had encouraged,

am I right? There had been a rash

of break-ins in your neighborhood?

Yes.

But he was talking about committing murder.

That isn't personal protection.

Just so that we're clear.

He bought the gun for personal protection,

and he became very depressed,

then he turned the gun on himself.

He turned the gun on himself

after consuming your client's product.

COLBY: Your husband's life insurance

doesn't cover suicide,

does it, Ms. Evanson?

With inexplicable tragedies,

people often find a need

to assess blame...

and sometimes, they...

have the need to find money.

Objection. Withdrawn.

Tell me, Ms. Evanson,

why didn't you just sue the doctor

who prescribed the medication?

Pockets not deep enough?

Objection. Sustained.

Nothing further.

TED: I didn't do it,

I promise you.

Can you tell me why you were spotted in the area?

I was there, but it wasn't me.

Who was it, then?

It was-- it was the knife.

The knife.

I don't deny that it was in my hand,

but I swear, all I meant to do

was to threaten him to get money.

This knife is evil.

It's done this before.

The knife has killed before?

It's tried, yeah,

which is the reason

I can't have it in my hand.

You know where it is, don't you?

If I were to know where it is, Mr. Grayson,

I would be duty bound to tell.

Let's not have me know.

Are we clear?

Listen,

you talk to nobody...

other than my assistant,

Tara Wilson...

and me.

This is important.

Okay.

Two robberies and one prior assault.

On each occasion, he claims to have heard voices.

He's been fired from every job he's ever had.

What's his diagnosis?

He's never been treated.

I beg your pardon?

WILSON: For his prior crimes,

they just threw him into prison.

I talked to his mother.

She says that he's been crazy

since he was three.

Apparently she couldn't afford a doctor,

but that's a little unclear because she seems

fairly unstable herself.

Are you telling me this man

has never been treated...

ever?

I don't prescribe leretol anymore.

But you did with Paul Evanson.

BERNARD: Yes, but after his suicide,

I began to dig around

and uncovered anecdotal evidence

of patients becoming violent.

FRUTT: Doctor, after Paul Evanson

started taking the drug,

what did you observe?

He definitely became more agitated,

erratic.

I didn't suspect the drug until it was too late.

COLBY: In your patient notes, you never describe Mr. Evanson

as becoming more violent.

I believe I noted the agitation,

as well as-- COLBY: Did you ever observe

any acts of violence?

No. COLBY: As a matter of fact,

you attributed his increased agitation

to his depression, his despondency

over his job, did you not, doctor?

I changed my position on that

after uncovering the anecdotal evidence.

Anecdotal evidence.

How many instances did you uncover

where leretol caused the patient

to become more violent? Thirty-three.

Thirty-three,

and in those thirty-three cases,

how many stated to a medical conclusion

that leretol was the cause of the violence?

None were medical conclusions

because-- Thank you, doctor.

Wait, I would like to finish.

Go ahead.

BERNARD: In all of those cases,

there were other variables which prevented

a conclusive finding,

but leretol was the common denominator

and in each case, it was cited

as the likely cause.

COLBY: How many times, in your best estimate,

has leretol been prescribed?

Thousands. COLBY: Perhaps hundreds

of thousands? Yes.

COLBY: And with these hundreds of thousands of usages,

you were able to find...

thirty-three.

None of which...

conclusively found a nexus

between leretol and violence,

is that correct, doctor? Correct.

How many studies are you aware of, doctor,

that conclude the drug is unsafe?

None, but-- How many studies are you aware

that conclude the drug is safe?

Many, most funded by the manufacturer, your client.

Do you have evidence to suggest...

that these studies were not conducted fairly?

No.

SHORE: The problem is we have no scientific evidence.

Even if we could prove

the drug was unsafe,

proving it's unreasonably unsafe,

given the good it's done to many people--

What about the negligence theory?

FRUTT: The problem there is--

there's nothing to show

they could foresee any danger.

We barely survived summary judgment.

What are you asking me to do here?

It's not like I have an offer to accept.

What am I supposed to do?

Nothing.

I guess...

we're just bracing you.

You said you'd get something.

I thought we would.

KAREN: I have no money, okay?

It's like he said,

insurance doesn't cover suicide.

I have three children to raise.

I have three kids.

(sighs)

We waive reading, Your Honor,

and request a probable-cause hearing.

We'd also ask for a reasonable bail.

WHITE: Excuse me, Ms. Wilson,

but I'm informed you're not a member of the bar.

WILSON: I'm only here to enter a plea

and to file Alan Shore's appearance.

SHORE: No need, Your Honor, I'm here.

What did I miss?

WHITE: Mr. Shore.

This is a homicide case.

You had better things to do?

SHORE: Actually, I was searching

for the real killer, Your Honor,

with O. J.

Probable-cause hearing

is scheduled for tomorrow, 10:00.

MARTIN: Your honor, before we adjourn,

we have a subpoena for Mr. Shore.

Mr. Grayson was pursued by the police

into Mr. Shore's building tuesday night.

Mr. Shore denied to the police

that the suspect entered his office.

Today, by the most stunning of coincidences,

we find Mr. Shore representing the defendant.

SHORE: Your Honor, I have no obligation

to tell the police anything about a client,

so-- We believe Mr. Shore

may have information as to the whereabouts

of the murder weapon.

Mr. Grayson was overheard talking in jail

about an evil knife that was in his lawyer's office.

Overheard? Where was that,

standing around the water cooler?

Chambers.

What did we say about talking, Ted?

Do you have the murder weapon, counsel?

We don't admit there was a murder, Your Honor,

and if there was,

we don't admit that it was accomplished

with a knife.

And if it was,

we don't admit the knife exists

and if it does,

we don't admit that we have it.

You don't have the right to conceal evidence.

I have the duty not to incriminate my client.

We're asking for evidence, not testimony.

The case law says

a defendant cannot be forced by subpoena

to turn over a weapon.

But we can force the lawyer.

Do you have the knife, Mr. Shore?

Frisk me.

Is the knife in your office?

I don't know.

You don't know.

If there is a knife, Your Honor,

and I'm not saying there is,

I have no actual

or constructive knowledge

as to its whereabouts.

Do you have it?

I do not.

Where is it?

It may be in the conference room

so I would encourage us all not to go in there because...

if we have actual knowledge

that it's in our possession,

we, of course, would have a duty

to turn it over.

BERLUTI: So, what,

you're going, "Wink, wink,"

and pretending you don't know?

I don't know, Jimmy,

not for a fact.

STRINGER: And you're purposely not looking for it.

SHORE: Exactly.

Ignorance is not only bliss,

it happens to be constitutional.

(door opens)

Alan. SHORE: Mike.

Hello.

Thanks for coming.

Um, would you excuse me, please?

Right this way, Mike.

I do not approve of this person.

MICHAEL: Could you do me a favor and call me Michael

in front of other people?

I'm trying to come off, you know,

more respectful.

Respectable. Certainly.

Well, what can I do for you?

I'd like to avail myself of your silent deploy program.

Is this for something illegal?

SHORE: Michael, how could you ask me such a thing?

MICHAEL: Uh, yeah.

You got the email address?

I have several.

I mean, how illegal is it,

what we're planning to do here?

SHORE: Michael,

you know me.

Just stall them for as long as you can.

WILSON: Stall them? But he didn't like

that you were late the last time.

I'll be there. What's going on?

Ellenor, I have marvelous news.

They're suddenly offering to settle?

Not yet, but they will.

Mr. Colby is in your office as we speak.

Off you go, Tara. I'll be there shortly.

He's in my office.

I think you'll be very pleased. Let's go.

If this is a waste of my time...

I assure you it isn't.

I'm doing you a favor, Mr. Colby.

You'll perhaps want to buy me that drink after all.

I'm not a morning person.

SHORE: Yes.

I was going through the voluminous discovery

late last night, and I found this included

among the multitude of various...

medical studies.

It's quite helpful,

though not to you.

What is this?

SHORE: It's a letter.

Addressed to you, in fact,

from your client concerning leretol,

acknowledging a small percentage

of violent ideations

and suicidal tendencies.

Tick, tick, boom.

How did you get this?

I just told you.

This is from general counsel...

to me.

It's work product.

We never turn this over.

You must have.

I have it.

I asked you a question before.

How did you get this?

Your client acknowledged a violent,

possibly suicidal nexus

between the drug-- This is privileged.

Gee.

If you're right, it would be malpractice then,

for you to give it to me, ouch.

And your reputation has been

so spotless to now.

$2 million, Robert.

You don't want the jury

to hear that your people knew

about the inherent dangers.

Think of the punitives, Robert.

(sighs) This is inadmissible.

I'm bringing a motion in limine to quash it.

And I will not be blackmailed.

Hmm.

Strategic mistake.

Alan, where did you get that document?

I'm late for a probable-cause hearing on Mr. Knife.

I'd love it if you could start

to prepare our response to Mr. Colby's motion.

Could you help me on that?

(door closes)

(sighs)

I saw him running.

The defendant?

WOMAN: Yes.

He jumped into his car

and he just sped off.

MARTIN: Are you absolutely sure

that this is the man you saw running?

Yes.

SHORE: Did you see him run out of the alley

or simply on the street?

Just on the street.

And when the police pulled up seconds later,

you said, "That's him in that car."?

WOMAN: Yes, and they took off after him.

And when you said, "That's him,"

why did you think the police wanted him?

WOMAN: Well, because he was running away.

So when the police screeched up,

I put two and two together.

Ah, two and two.

SMITH: We entered his apartment,

he immediately tried to flee.

He shouted, "It wasn't me."

"It wasn't me."

SMITH: We apprehended him,

we noticed a bruise on his face.

We also found $700 in cash

on his kitchen table.

A bruise and money, is that all?

That and a prior record for armed robberies.

I see. Did that factor

into your making the arrest,

his prior record?

Yes.

Your Honor, at this time,

I ask that you dismiss the charges

with prejudice and an apology.

You can step down, officer.

Do you have anything else?

Your Honor, the suspect's prior record

can factor into reasonable suspicion.

Perhaps to search him.

MARTIN: He was spotted running from the scene.

He then ran from the police.

The prosecution has no case.

Running down a street is not evidence of a murder.

You don't even have enough

to call him a person of interest.

I could be wrong on that.

WHITE: All right, look,

there are several issues in play here.

I'm going to take this under advisement.

We'll reconvene at 3:00.

(gavel bangs)

What does that mean?

It means he's gonna think about it.

In the meantime,

you do not speak to anybody.

Okay. It's just that sometimes

it helps for me to talk.

You cannot do that.

Ted, if I succeed

in keeping you out of prison,

I need you to promise me you'll go to a hospital.

A mental hospital?

We need to make you safe

(Ted sighs) from the voices...

...from the knife.

COLBY: I don't know how he got it,

but clearly, it's privileged.

It's not discoverable.

And for it to be admitted--

You disclosed it?

He's saying we did.

It's my suspicion, however--

How did you get the letter, Mr. Shore?

Discovery.

FRUTT: Your Honor, even if you were to find

this correspondence to be work product,

the opinion has to be based on some study.

Why wasn't that study turned over to us?

I don't know.

You don't know.

Did you ask general counsel?

No.

Because what you don't know helps you.

This is a letter written

from lawyer to lawyer,

black and white, work product.

I am more troubled by your client

concealing evidence.

I don't know what you do and don't have, Mr. Colby,

but the letter is admitted.

Now might be a good time to chat.

What's going on?

Opposing counsel is meeting with the defendant.

We're expecting an offer at 2:00.

Really?

Well, that's fantastic.

Yes, it is.

Alan, can I talk to you for a second?

Well, not in that room.

It might contain evil.

(Frutt sighs)

My office.

Where did you get that document?

(door closes)

You don't wanna know.

Damn it, Alan,

I've had enough of not knowing.

You and I are friends,

in addition to being colleagues,

so I am asking you to be straight with me.

Where did you get it?

There's a software program called Silent Deploy.

Basically, you can target somebody else's computer.

All you need is their e-mail address.

I went into Mr. Colby's computer last night

and hit pay dirt.

You broke into somebody's computer

and you stole their private correspondence?

I feel ashamed.

But compared to concealing evidence

that a drug is potentially lethal--

Alan,

I don't even know

what to do with you!

SHORE: Ellenor, you are my friend.

I want you to be a friend to Karen Evanson here.

If you insist on exalting your ethical duties

as a member of the bar,

I need you to excuse yourself from this case.

Why?

Because swiping this document

is just the beginning.

What are you gonna do now?

I can't urge you enough

not to be present for this.

Oh, I will be very present.

In that case, I need you to make me a promise.

What?

Don't speak.

If I have something to say, Alan--

You'll have nothing helpful to say in that room.

(elevator dings)

RECEPTIONIST: I'm sorry, can I--

I know where the room is. Thank you.

Who are these people?

Members of my firm.

Excuse them.

They're part of my legal team.

Excuse them.

It's all right, you can go.

Thank you.

I presume you have a number.

$1.3, sealed.

No admission.

Very nice.

But for a billion-dollar pharmaceutical company?

COLBY: That's as high as they'll go.

$1.3.

That isn't true, Mr. Colby,

and we both know it.

If that document becomes public,

it could generate a plethora of new lawsuits.

I typically loathe the word, "plethora,"

but when it can be used aggressively--

Look-- I'm speaking now, sir.

A plaintiff victory would be devastating for you.

And a settlement, sealed or otherwise,

would be perceived as a victory.

That's your worst nightmare.

What you're desperate for here

is a favorable verdict.

That sends the most chilling message of all

to future plaintiffs, does it not?

I will sell you this document

for $8 million.

I beg your pardon?

It becomes yours again.

I won't introduce it,

no doubt you'll get your verdict,

and even more importantly,

nobody gets foul wind

of a very damaging admission.

Am I to understand you're offering

to lose this case for $8 million?

You're going to accept my offer, Mr. Colby,

not because you're dishonest

or ethically challenged like me,

but because you're human.

Because you know this document,

should it become public,

would easily cost best pharmaceuticals

in the tens of millions,

because you know

once your client,

your biggest client

learns you inadvertently disclosed this to me,

they will leave you.

The career flashing before your eyes

is your own, Mr. Colby.

$8 million dollars.

I'll rest my case now.

We all go home winners.

And because you are an ethical man,

you'll convince your client

to hereafter warn doctors

and consumers

that studies show violent ideations

as a rare but possible side effect.

How about that, Mr. Colby?

You get to keep your client

and possibly save a life or two,

all for the one-time offer

of $8 million dollars.

I'd want the check today.

WHITE: Where is he?

WILSON: He'll be here any second, Your Honor.

He's currently in trial on another matter.

WHITE: Ms. Wilson, I said 3:00.

Step up here, Mr. Shore.

I'm going to ask you now

as an officer of the court, and you will answer me

subject to the pains and penalties of perjury.

Do you have possession of the knife?

I do not.

Do you know where it is?

I do not.

Is it possibly in your office?

Possibly.

Did you look for it?

I did not.

Sit.

If a lawyer knows he's been handed a murder weapon,

he's got to give it to the police.

That's the law.

But he doesn't have to go looking for it.

I cannot order Mr. Shore

to provide privileged information

leading to the knife's discovery.

Without the weapon,

the Commonwealth has offered nothing.

The defendant was seen running in the area.

Period.

The murder charges are dismissed

without prejudice.

The reckless endangerment,

as well as evading the police, those charges stand.

I'll grant Mr. Grayson bail on that.

I do, however, hereby issue a bench warrant

to search Mr. Shore's law office immediately.

If you find the knife,

we can start this whole process again.

Until then,

case dismissed.

We're adjourned.

(gavel bangs)

Okay, then, Ted, we made a deal.

You'd get help. They're gonna find the knife.

I wedged it under that conference table.

They'll find it.

You hid the knife

under the conference table?

Yeah.

FRUTT: Alan.

The judge has just called us back in.

Have we heard from Colby?

SHORE: Give me a second.

They'll find it.

All we can do is hope they don't, Ted.

In the meantime,

Tara's gonna take you to a hospital.

I've arranged for you to be admitted.

The police will come and get me.

If we get you committed, perhaps they won't.

Tara, there's a car in front with security.

Let's get you processed out of here.

I'll visit you tomorrow.

Let's go.

MORENO: Glad you could make it, counsel.

I took the liberty

of bringing the jury in without you.

You may proceed.

I'm not doing this.

You're on your own.

The plaintiff rests, Your Honor.

What do you mean, you rest?

We presented our case in full.

We rest.

(door slams)

What's going on?

Your Honor, I feel conflicted

about introducing that document.

Clearly, the disclosure was inadvertent,

as well as privileged.

If the shoe were on the other foot,

if this were ever done to me

by another lawyer...

You have evidence that could further

your client's case, likely win it.

You have an obligation

to use that evidence, Mr. Shore.

I'm afraid it will make me look unscrupulous,

and the jury will punish us.

What's going on here?

Ms. Frutt?

I disagree with Mr. Shore.

But it's his client and...

ultimately his call.

Without that document, this doesn't even get

to a jury, counsel.

I will direct a verdict for the defendant.

Well, I certainly hope you don't do that.

Oh, I will do that.

You haven't even made a prima facie showing.

You've introduced no scientific evidence.

How in God's name

could you even think of resting?

SHORE: Your Honor, we hope for a settlement.

They didn't blink.

I tipped my hat, but using this document,

(groans)

I--ugh,

as an officer of the court,

I can't bring myself to take advantage of it.

If you don't introduce it,

I will direct a verdict against you,

and I will recommend that your client pursue

a claim for malpractice.

(sighs)

The plaintiff rests, Your Honor.

I don't believe this.

Slip that into your purse, Karen.

This whole thing is sealed.

We don't want anybody to find out,

especially the judge.

The case is over?

They wouldn't be paying us

$8 million to continue.

(exhales sharply)

I don't know how to thank you.

Just go take care of your kids.

Alan,

can I hug you?

No, I don't hug clients.

I grope them on occasion, but I never hug--

(music playing)

This is that man, Eugene.

Ever since he's been here--

look at this.

Jimmy, could you perhaps

lay off the guy?

BERLUTI: No, I'm sick of this.

A party.

Where is the punch?

Alan?

Can you come into my office, please?

Let's all go.

What, are they gonna beat me up?

(sighs) Come on.

For the last two hours,

our office has been turned upside down

while the police look for a murder weapon.

Myself, Jamie, and Jimmy,

well, we've been unable to do our work

because once again,

you have caused this place

to be disrupted.

Last week, I was at the point

of firing you.

So, tell me, Alan.

If you were in my position,

running this firm,

how would you deal with an employee

like yourself?

That's a tough one.

On the one hand, if someone's a liability,

I say get rid of them.

On the other hand, I--

oh,

and here's a check made out

to the firm for two million,

a contingency

on the case we just settled.

(knock on door)

We're done.

We'll be out of your hair in five minutes.

Did you find anything?

No.

(door closes)

But I don't get to leave when I want.

No.

If you're committed,

you can't leave until they say

you're better.

What if I never get better?

Could you excuse us for a second?

I'll be at the door.

WILSON: Thank you.

Okay,

two things.

First, we'll make a list of all the doctors

that you can speak to about the evil knife,

and so forth.

Outside of privilege, you can't talk to anyone

about these things.

Only the doctors.

You already explained that.

Second,

you will get better, Ted.

You will.

(music playing)

SHORE: He's been mentally ill his entire life, Ellenor.

He's in his 30s, for God's sakes.

This is the first time he's seen

the inside of a hospital.

FRUTT: Well, he won't be seeing it for long, Alan,

if the police find that knife.

(sighs)

Can we talk about the other case now?

No.

Alan, I know you.

Are you trying

to get disbarred?

As self-destructive as--

All right, all right, on that note.

Alan...

BERLUTI: Hey.

SHORE: Jimmy, hello.

Can I buy you a beer?

You're right.

Baby steps.

My mistake.

Half a beer.

Good night, my friend.

Good night.

(music playing)

I don't get it, Ellenor.

I see nothing redeeming about that man.

(exhales sharply)

You have to know him, Jimmy.

You just--

you have to know him.

(music playing)

(music playing)

WOMAN: You stinker!

(music playing)