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NARRATOR:

Was this whole thing designed to get

Restoration back to the table?

It was designed to get them back

or take a chance on an up-and-comer.

Thomas isn't gonna wanna be in business with Simon

when he finds out. He's not going to find out

because we're not gonna tell him.

Get on the ground. Wallet and phone!

The same thing that happened to you happened to me.

The deal you made was a ploy

to get Restoration Hardware to the table.

You know. You're damn right I know.

I'm taking Glenn's offer at the original rate.

I'm putting out an announcement about it.

You cannot do what we did. You'll regret it.

You didn't regret it. You don't know what happens

over time when you do something like that.

I'm upset because I lost a client.

No. You're upset because I chose Thomas over you.

Louis didn't get the wrong guy and neither did you and I.

It's not about the wrong man.

It's about taking matters into your own hands

and what happens when you do.

You broke privilege, and now I'm gonna make you pay.

[♪♪♪]

[CELL PHONE BUZZING]

Thomas, hi. THOMAS: Hey.

Are you busy tonight?

DONNA: Actually, I think I'm gonna work late.

Donna, you okay? You sound upset.

I didn't know you were gonna put out

a press release when you took that offer.

The risk you run when you're known as a nice guy,

is people think they can push you around.

I had to show them if you push me,

I'm gonna push right back.

I'm sorry if that resulted in your firm getting fired.

We're not just getting fired, Thomas. We're getting sued.

Oh, shit.

Well, no wonder you're upset.

You guys are getting sued because of me.

That's the thing. It's not just because of you.

It's because of me.

[♪♪♪]

Robert.

If you're here for a drink, I'd love to,

but I've had a long week, and Rosalie's expecting me.

I'm not here for a drink.

What's on your mind?

That prison situation you had a couple years back.

What about it?

Those men murdered an innocent man,

you knew about it...

and you didn't do anything.

Are you here to make me feel like shit or is there a point?

I'm not judging you, Alex.

I did something some years back that I'm not proud of either.

And I guess I'm wondering...

how do you live with it?

At first, I tried putting it out of my mind,

but then it kept popping back up.

Then I thought about doing something,

but anything I tried, I'd end up in prison myself

for something I didn't do. Mm.

So I guess the question is:

Can you do something about what you did?

No, I can't.

Then all you can do is try

and make up for it somehow the rest of your life.

[DIALS, LINE OUT RINGING]

You stuck around and ate the rest of my Chinese?

You think Laura's gonna let me get

eggrolls and fried rice at home?

[CHUCKLES] ROBERT: I wanted to thank you

for staying late. It means a lot.

Don't mention it, Robert. Whatever you need, I'm here.

You know that. I know this sweet-and-sour chicken

isn't gonna eat itself. No, it wo--

[GRUNTING]

Samantha, you still there?

Robert, call 911. Samantha.

I'm at-- Unh!

Samantha, talk to me.

[LINE BUZZING] Goddamn it.

[GRUNTS]

[♪♪♪]

OPERATOR [ON PHONE]: 911. What's your emergency?

♪ 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 makin' money ♪

♪ All right ♪

♪ All step back I'm 'bout to dance ♪

♪ The greenback boogie ♪

LOUIS: Harvey. What are you doing here?

We have a problem.

Come in.

What is it?

Long story short, Simon Lowe

tried to screw over Thomas Kessler.

You mean that lease deal was bullshit?

Yes, that's what I mean.

Thomas is one of my oldest clients,

but you can't tell him. We're way past that.

Donna told him.

How could she even know?

'Cause I told her.

Why the hell would you do that?

She knew something was wrong,

and I didn't know what else to do.

I told her to give me time so I could fix it,

but before I could, she told him.

Then Thomas bailed and Simon suspected what happened.

Let me guess. He fired us.

He didn't just fire us, Louis.

He hired Daniel Hardman to sue us.

Say that again.

Simon hired--

No, tell me again that Donna

put her goddamn relationship above us,

and now Daniel fucking Hardman is suing my firm?

You wanna get pissed off at Donna, or figure this out?

[EXHALES]

I wanna figure this out.

I sure as shit know you didn't come here without a plan.

So, what do you have?

As I see it, we have two options.

The first of which involves going to Robert. Pass.

He's the only one of us that gets along with Hardman.

It's our only chance of getting him to be reasonable.

You and I both know there isn't

a frozen dick's chance in hell

that rat is gonna be reasonable.

Then tomorrow morning, you and I need to go in there

with an offer so good Simon has choice but to take it,

and Daniel's left with nothing but a frozen dick in his hand.

[♪♪♪]

[HEART MONITOR BEEPING]

[EXHALES DEEPLY]

Robert, what are you doing here?

I came as soon as I found out where they took you.

My purse had, um--

Don't worry about it.

The important thing is you're here.

I am so sorry, Samantha.

I never should have kept you so late.

[SIGHS] It's not your fault, Robert.

If anything, I should've had my guard up.

This isn't on you.

This is on the piece of shit who did this to you.

You're right.

We need to get to the police station.

I wanna make a statement. Tomorrow. You need to rest.

If I have any chance of catching this guy, the first 24 hours--

Whatever we have to do to make this right, I'm right with you.

But tonight, you're staying put and getting better.

Okay.

[♪♪♪]

Thanks for being here, Robert.

I'll always be here for you, Samantha.

Robert.

You need something? Yeah.

You hear about this Hardman-Pierpont Malls thing?

I did. Alex told me. What did he say?

He wasn't too happy with Donna making him

look like shit with his own client.

Can't blame the man for that. No, you can't.

Robert, are you okay?

Because ever since that thing with Louis--

I'm fine, Samantha. Do me a favor.

Get to know everything there is to know

about this whole Hardman situation.

You never know how it's gonna shake out.

Harvey, Louis, good of you to come.

Can I offer you a beverage?

I'll take a nice tall glass of suck a bag of dicks.

This thing's ending right now. What is that?

We're doubling the money you lost when Kessler backed out.

This says Kessler found out about the Restoration deal

because of a clerical error.

That's right. Information was included

on certain deal memos that were just--

Bullshit. You told Alex Williams.

An error won't cut it with his board.

They need a head to roll.

Louis is too stupid to understand that.

You son of a bitch. You always underestimated me.

And you're underestimating me.

If I'd wanted to settle with you,

I wouldn't have called Daniel Hardman.

I thought you said you called him.

Did I? I must have made a clerical error.

Regardless, it's Louis' firm now, not yours.

Louis, we go to court, the world's gonna discover

that your firm can't be trusted,

and then you will be the king of nothing.

But if you admit Harvey broke privilege, this can all go away.

I see what this is. You wanna use that admission

to come after Harvey's license.

[♪♪♪]

Look at that. I didn't think

you had it in you to figure it out.

Let me tell you something you will never figure out.

Leaders never betray their partners.

Let's save the betrayal talk

for Harvey's ethics hearing, shall we?

I can win this, and have it scheduled by end of the month.

You do this, it'll be the biggest regret of your life.

No, Harvey. My biggest regret is

I wasn't the one to rip Jessica's name off the wall.

I'll have to settle for ripping yours off instead.

Good day, gentlemen.

Harvey? How did it go with Hardman?

It didn't. What does that mean?

It means he's not just suing us.

He's trying to get a guilty verdict

so he can come after my license.

What? No, he can't do that.

He can, Donna, because I broke privilege, and he knows it.

You didn't break privilege. I'm the one who told Thomas.

I told Alex, and that's how they think Thomas knows.

So, what are we gonna do? We aren't doing anything.

Louis and I are handling this. If I told them it was me--

You'd make it worse. We told them it was a clerical error,

and you'd be proving we did what they're accusing us of.

Harvey, I'm responsible for this. I wanna help.

I'm sorry, Donna, but--

I get it.

If I really wanted to help,

I never would've told Thomas in the first place.

I was gonna say the genie's out of the bottle,

and we can't put it back in.

But what you can do is let Louis and I

do what we have to, to get us out of this.

Samantha. How you doing?

Physically, I'm fine. Mentally, I am pissed the fuck off.

You wanna talk about it? We can get you counseling.

I got mugged, like 30 other people that night.

The police aren't gonna do anything, and you know it.

What are you getting at?

I want the name of your investigator

and a few days off to handle this.

You think I'll let you track down this guy yourself?

Listen to me. No. Let's say you find him.

What happens then? You hear of an eye for an eye?

That's what happens.

Look, if someone attacks you, they attack me.

So we're gonna go to my guy and find this son of a bitch.

But when we do, we turn him over to the DA

and let them do what they do.

No, that won't work. I'm not asking, I'm telling.

If you want justice, you're gonna get it,

but that's the only way this happens.

Okay.

We'll do it your way.

Just give me the name of your investigator.

Harvey. What an unpleasant surprise.

Well, it's about to get more unpleasant,

because I got to thinking, if Simon was willing

to double-deal behind Thomas' back,

what's to stop him from doing it with someone else?

That is evidence of an off-the-books meeting

between two of the largest mall owners in America,

divvying up retailers and colluding on rents.

So I'm giving you a one-time opportunity

to save Simon an investigation.

Well, Harvey, you're right.

Simon did get into a room with Westhaven,

and it was off-the-books.

But it wasn't colluding. They discussed a merger.

Bullshit. I represented him.

He never said anything about this.

I'd be happy to show you the offer we made them.

And I assure you, they have a copy in their files right now.

Because you went back and created a paper trail.

Which means all you have on Simon

are a couple dates on a calendar.

All you have on me is conjecture about what I may have done.

No, Harvey. I have a phone call you made to Travis Tanner

the night before Restoration backed out.

Turns out Travis just happens to represent

the competitor of Simon's who was drawing up an offer

to Restoration when Kessler backed out.

Do you think Tanner will protect you

when I get him on the stand? You son of a bitch.

Now, now. Name-calling won't get us anywhere.

Or maybe it will.

Because I'm willing to drop this whole thing

if you will do me the simple courtesy

of putting my name back up on your wall.

You would have to resign, of course.

But at least you'd be able to slink away

and start up somewhere else,

like you did to me.

You think I'm gonna let you get away with this, don't you?

I think you did what I'm accusing you of,

and the chickens are coming home to roost.

[♪♪♪]

ROBERT: Are you up to speed on Hardman?

[SIGHS] I am.

Robert, he's not gonna give up.

If this plays out the way it's headed--

I know. That's why I came up with this.

[SCOFFS]

Are you crazy? No, I'm not.

I need you to make that happen.

Think of something else.

I'll never be able to convince him to do this.

You have convinced people of a lot more than this.

I could get to them. He won't take my call.

He sure as shit not gonna take mine. Use his hatred of me--

Won't make a difference. He hates us both.

If we don't do this-- I know what's at stake.

I need you to get this done.

Because I agree, if this thing plays out

the way that it's headed...

All right. I'll make it happen.

[♪♪♪]

THOMAS: Louis.

This is only the second time you've ever come to my home.

First time I was here, I told you that I got you out of a jam.

This time, I'm asking you to get me out of one.

If you're talking about Simon Lowe

suing your firm, I heard. I'm sorry.

He's not just suing the firm, Thomas.

His lawyer's using the suit to come after my partner's license.

You mean Harvey Specter. Yes, I do.

So as your first lawyer and your friend,

I'm asking you to help me.

Help you how?

Simon's lawyer is trying to prove Harvey broke privilege.

The only people they can go after are Harvey, Alex, Donna--

And me. That's right.

Hardman hasn't subpoenaed you yet,

but it's a matter of time.

You want me to what? Leave town? Or worse yet--?

No, Thomas-- No, no. I don't believe this.

The guy helped Simon Lowe try to screw me over,

and you want me to cover for him.

Listen, I know you value honesty,

so I'm gonna be honest with you.

Simon was a bigger client,

and Harvey should've sided with him.

But he tried to protect you anyway.

You don't cover for him, all it's gonna do

is take down a good man who I care about.

I'm sorry, Louis.

If this Daniel Hardman subpoenas me,

I won't perjure myself.

[♪♪♪]

I assume you're here to discuss

my pending action against your firm.

I am. I'm also here to drink

this 30-year Scotch with an old friend.

I appreciate that, Robert.

But what's the saying?

"Never trust Greeks bearing gifts"?

I look Greek to you?

You look like a man trying to have it both ways.

You look like one who's letting a vendetta cloud his judgment.

They took my firm. That's not a judgment. That's a fact.

You all but handed it to them with your indiscretions.

If you're here to litigate the past--

Fuck the past, Daniel.

I'm here to work something out.

What will it take for you to drop this?

I said what it'd take.

My old firm back and Harvey Specter's resignation.

Now, you know I can't do that. Why not?

Because Rachel married his protégé?

Because you and Jessica broke the glass ceiling together?

We were friends before any of that.

We talked about starting a firm together.

I know that we did. Why are you siding with them?

They stole everything I built, Robert,

forced me out in disgrace,

and I've been in the wilderness ever since.

And until my name is up on that wall,

I'm not dropping this.

[♪♪♪]

Then what if I can get your name up somewhere else?

You mean Rand Kaldor?

Ever since I left the firm, they've been one man down.

You could come in and-- And what?

They hate you as much as I hate Harvey.

Why would they throw you a lifeline?

Because you're Daniel goddamn Hardman,

that's why.

Okay, Robert.

You get Eric and Ellen to go in on this, I will let this go.

But if you can't...

our friendship isn't gonna stop me from taking Harvey down.

So?

How'd it go with Daniel? It didn't.

What do you mean, it didn't? He already backdated an excuse.

Not only that, he found out

I went to Tanner behind Simon's back.

Wait. You did what?

I was trying to save Thomas' deal without telling him.

Never mind. I don't give a shit. We need to figure something out.

This is my firm. I'm not gonna let

that son of a bitch take it from me.

Louis. Why'd you have to tell her?

That's what I don't get. Why?

He was my client for 13 years. I wouldn't have told her.

Yes, Louis, you would have.

Last year, you came to me about putting Sheila over the firm.

And I told you, as managing partner, I wouldn't do it.

But as your friend, I would.

If I had asked you about telling Donna,

you would've done the same thing.

You're right.

I would.

Goddamn it. What's going on, Louis?

Thomas said that he wouldn't help us.

You mean he wouldn't help me.

Yeah, I guess that's what I mean.

Why couldn't Donna just wait for you?

I don't know, Louis.

I really don't know.

You think you would've come through if she had?

Well, I'd like to think so.

Yeah, well, I do too.

Let's face it, you pretty much always do.

You're right, Louis. I do.

Right now, I think I can.

What do you got?

They said a head needs to roll on this.

What if, instead of one head rolling, we give them two?

Good, you're here.

I was going over my testimony

and could use another set of eyes.

I don't know how to tell you this.

I talked to Cameron Dennis.

The guy's friends put him at a different location--

Don't you fucking say it.

Samantha, I'm sorry.

I never should've listened to you.

Look, I know you're upset.

Save it. I've got something to take care of.

You gonna hire someone to break his legs?

Goddamn it.

You told me that if we did this right,

there'd be justice. Where's the justice?

That son of a bitch gets off,

do you know what that makes me? A victim.

I am not a victim, Robert.

One of my foster parents would hit me.

It's why I joined the service.

It's why I learned self-defense.

I can't be a victim again, Robert. I just...

...can't.

[♪♪♪]

All right, then.

We'll go the other way.

What are you talking about?

Cameron Dennis said that if any new evidence came to light,

he'll prosecute.

Let's get to doing that then.

No.

You took a risk once to get me this firm.

It's time I took a risk for you.

Goddamn it, Ellen. There's gotta be something you'd ag--

[SIGHS] Well, in that case, go to hell.

Well, how much? What's the bastard's price?

There is no price, Robert.

He said no amount of money would make up

for seeing his firm get torn apart.

What about Ellen?

You try horse-trading with her?

I did. I struck out there too.

Goddamn it, Samantha. I got Daniel to agree.

He thought I came up with Rand Kaldor on the fly.

What do you want me to say?

I want you to tell me exactly what happened.

Eric and Ellen are two of the greediest people I know.

If you try to tell me they're standing on principle,

I'm calling bullshit. It's pretty clear what happened.

Eric tried to force something down your throat,

and you let your pride get in the way, like always.

Robert, I offered him half your client list,

a dividend stream from your equity share,

a no-poaching commitment--

If the carrot doesn't work, you use the stick.

Threaten him with what? We took

half the firm from him. There's nothing left.

[♪♪♪]

I'm sorry, Robert.

I did everything I could. We have to find another way.

You have five minutes to make your case.

You don't, this'll be the shortest lunch in history.

Then I'll get to it.

We offered Simon Lowe a settlement

no reasonable CEO would refuse.

So we wanna see if cooler heads can prevail.

This isn't about cooler heads.

This is about driving a wedge

between me and my CEO, and that's not gonna happen.

There's no need to drive a wedge,

because it already exists.

That is an e-mail chain between

me and Simon from 18 months ago.

As you can see, he was looking to

relieve you of your duties as chairwoman.

I don't know about you, but if someone did that to me,

their ass would be on the sidewalk 10 seconds later.

If this is true, why didn't you bring it to my attention?

Because unlike Simon, I'm loyal to the guy who writes my checks.

There's no two ways about it.

Simon's a threat to you, Daniel's a threat to us.

You wanna neutralize those threats

or sit there and eat salad while they neutralize you?

Gentlemen, I'll bring this to the board

and see if we can't reach a deal.

Just so we're clear, this settlement

doesn't close if you only let Simon go.

Believe me, when the board hears about all of this,

you don't have to worry about Simon

or Daniel Hardman ever again.

Robert.

Long time no chat.

To be honest, I wasn't sure they were gonna let me in.

[CHUCKLES]

I take it this means you're accepting my offer.

Well, I don't accept opening bids,

but if you wanna tell me what you need--

Goddamn it. She didn't tell you, did she?

Eric-- No, don't.

We worked together 20 years. I know when you're stalling.

Samantha didn't tell you, and now you're covering for her

like you always do.

All right, she didn't.

So, what, you wanna mock me,

or you wanna tell me what it's gonna take?

It's simple, really.

Daniel Hardman's name for yours.

Excuse me?

I said you retire, I take Daniel on as a partner,

and that is take it or leave it.

[♪♪♪]

All right.

Let's get to it.

What is your problem with me? My problem?

Yeah. Why'd you take my firm from me?

See, that. That right there. That's my problem.

All we ever heard is that was your firm,

your name, your reputation.

We had something to do with it as well.

You think I didn't know that?

You think I never gave you credit?

You never let us forget that you got our names on the wall.

I did put your names on the wall.

If you were more focused on the big picture

than getting a pat on your back--

Had no problem giving a pat to your protégé.

Don't talk about her. We'd have never

gotten this place if it wasn't for Samantha.

So you always say, although you never quite say how.

But if I had to venture a guess--

Not another word, Eric.

If that's how you really feel about me, the answer is no.

I'll take my chances with my friend.

If you're talking about Ellen, Ellen's not your friend.

I'm talking about Daniel Hardman.

Mark my words, we'll come to some accommodation,

and then you and Ellen Rand can kiss my black ass.

[♪♪♪]

Well, I don't know about you, I think we've earned a drink.

I'd pour you one, but I'm fresh out of Peachtree Schnapps.

All right, enough messing around. What's the big news?

We got the suit dismissed,

and Daniel Hardman is out of the picture.

Louis, that's great news.

I wish I could see his face

when he finds out we got the better of him.

You didn't get the better of anybody.

LOUIS: What are you doing here?

More importantly, what are you talking about?

I knew what you were up against,

so I went to Daniel and offered him a deal.

What kind of deal?

There's only one thing that son of a bitch

would trade taking me down for,

and he told me what it is.

His name on our wall. I would never give him that.

It doesn't matter now, because when Daniel heard

that Simon got fired, he thought I was playing him,

and pulled the trigger on an Ethics hearing.

What the shit did you just say?

They set the date, Louis. When?

Harvey, before-- When, Alex?

This says the hearing's tomorrow.

They're summoning you, me, Simon, Thomas, and Donna.

We have less than 24 hours to get our story straight,

convince Thomas to corroborate it,

and get Donna out of town.

It's not gonna work. Leave me alone, all of you.

I need time to think. Harvey.

HARVEY: I don't wanna talk about it.

I don't care if one day they get me

on any of the other shit that I've done.

But to go down for this? To go down to him?

We can still-- No. He's got me dead to rights.

Mike was dead to rights. Look what happened to him.

This isn't a jury. It's an ethics board.

And I did what he said I did.

Harvey. Motherfucker!

[GLASS SHATTERS]

[♪♪♪]

I said, leave me alone.

I know I'm interrupting, but can I come in?

Why not?

Sitting by myself doesn't seem to be getting me anywhere.

Well...maybe this will.

Technically...

you did not break privilege when you told Donna.

In other words, I could throw Donna under the bus.

I know you won't do it, but it had to be said.

Then it's been said.

[CHUCKLES]

What?

If this were another firm,

she wouldn't even still be working here.

You saying we should fire her?

If you're asking me as a name partner, I would say yes.

If you're asking me as her friend, I would say

there's no way in hell I am ever letting that woman go.

Never thought in a million years something like that

could come out of your mouth.

Well, maybe this place is rubbing off on me.

You are all crazy.

[CHUCKLES]

But maybe that's what I love about it here.

[♪♪♪]

He's gonna lose everything because of me.

Donna, you never know how these hearings will go.

You know...

the worst part is I don't even know why I did it anymore.

I didn't sleep that night.

I just wondered, "What if Harvey can't get it done?"

Then I'd tell myself, "He always gets it done."

Then it was morning, and I hadn't heard from him,

and Thomas' business was at stake--

You told him because you love him.

Love him?

We just started seeing each other.

I'm not talking about Thomas.

Third year of law school, Rosalie went behind my back

about a pro bono we were doing.

We got in a huge fight, and it broke us up.

I thought she betrayed me.

She thought I thought I was a better lawyer.

But she didn't betray me, and I didn't think I was better.

None of that had anything to do with it, anyway.

What does this have to do with me?

I was afraid of committing.

Deep down, she knew it, so she closed the window.

And it made me realize I didn't like

being on the other side of the glass.

I didn't do what I did to make Harvey realize anything.

Neither did Rosalie.

She did it so she could move on.

[♪♪♪]

HARVEY: I appreciate you seeing me on such short notice.

You said it was about Donna, so of course I'll see you.

What's going on? It's simple.

Donna was the one who told you about Simon...

but I want you to say it was me.

You want me to lie.

Look, I know you're a man of your word,

but she risked all this because she knows

how much your business means to you.

Well, she worked her entire life to get to where she is.

If the truth comes out, she'll be barred

from working at a law firm for the rest of her life.

What am I not seeing here, Harvey?

How does all this protect you?

It doesn't. I just don't see why

she has to stand in front of that firing squad too.

All I'm asking you to do is protect her.

Like she protected you.

[BOTH CHUCKLE] Oh, no, no, no.

You were the first one to take an offer.

Yeah, but then you went to another firm.

Back then, they weren't gonna hire a man like me.

No matter what school I went to.

I could have got you in.

They hired Jessica.

Years later. I couldn't wait for that.

I still think we would've made a great firm.

Zane Hardman.

Wait, why is your name first?

Well, you let Jessica go first.

You let Rand and Kaldor.

You're right. I don't have to go first.

I know where I stand.

Go ahead, take it. Hardman Zane.

No. I don't want it now.

[CELL PHONE BUZZES] Excuse me one moment, Daniel.

Cameron?

Robert, I have some news,

and I thought I owed it to you to call.

[♪♪♪]

Please, don't tell her.

Robert, whatever it is, I have to testify this morning.

I know.

Then what is it?

Remember when I said I couldn't make up for what I did?

I think I can.

But I'm gonna need your help,

and you might not like what I need it for.

I know what it's like to live with

a weight on your shoulders.

If I could help you take it off,

why don't you go ahead and tell me what you need?

[♪♪♪]

Thomas. Can I come in?

Of course.

I was just getting ready for this morning.

I know, that's what I want to talk about.

If this is about Louis coming to see you,

if I had known he was gonna do that--

It's not about Louis coming to me.

It's about Harvey Specter coming to me.

Harvey came to you? Last night.

What did he say?

Pretty much said he was about to lay himself down

on the train tracks for you, and he wanted me

to help tie him down.

[SCOFFS] I-I don't know exactly what that means--

Who are you to him?

I don't know how to answer that.

I got it when Louis came to me.

This comes out, it hurts his firm, hurts his partner.

He wouldn't wanna see that happen.

But then Harvey came to me, and...

all he seemed to care about is you.

So if you can't tell me who you are to him, maybe...

you can tell me who he is to you.

I don't know who he is, Thomas.

[♪♪♪]

I just know he's somebody that

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

But I want to.

And I have wanted to.

And apparently, I tried to when I told you what was going on.

But the truth is I don't know if I'll ever be able to.

Thomas Kessler shook my hand and said yes to a deal.

He had no reason in the world to back out,

until Harvey Specter gave him one.

When you confronted him with this allegation, what did he do?

Paid off my board and got me fired.

It wasn't a payoff. It was a settlement we offered you first.

With a fabricated explanation about Kessler

finding out due to clerical error.

The contents of that offer are not admissible here.

In other words, you're preparing to change your story?

As far as I'm concerned, it's time to get to the main course.

I call Harvey Specter.

[♪♪♪]

Where is she?

She said she didn't care if she's summoned or not,

she couldn't watch. What are you gonna do?

I don't know.

HARDMAN: Shortly after Simon Lowe told you

he was using Thomas Kessler as a pawn,

Kessler pulled out of their deal. Why was that?

If you're asking if I told him

about my client's plans, I didn't.

How did he find out?

Don't know. Maybe Restoration clued him in.

Maybe he overheard someone at dinner.

Maybe it was the clerical-error nonsense

you tried to pull before?

What's nonsense is I did not share

my client's privileged information with another client.

Yet, he brought this complaint anyway.

He did it because he knew Pierpont Malls was about

to drop their suit against my firm because it had no merit.

They dropped it because you paid them to.

Mr. Hardman has a point.

I find it hard to believe Thomas Kessler

wasn't informed by your office.

So I ask you, do you stand by your answer?

I stand by the fact that he has to prove what I did.

I don't have to prove what I didn't.

Then I say it's time we ask someone else.

Mr. Williams, did you or did you not inform Thomas Kessler

that his firm was being used as a stalking horse?

No, I did not.

Then is it true Mr. Kessler knew he was being used?

I can't speak to what my client did or didn't know.

Let's talk about what you knew.

You got his landlord to make him a better offer?

Yes, I did. Nothing wrong with using Pierpont's offer

to get a better deal. That's what they did to us.

The difference is when he got the offer,

he turned it down. Why would he do that?

Because-- Because what?

Why would a man turn down a better offer

then take out an ad in the Journal

pronouncing the value of integrity over profits?

It's because he knew

what Simon Lowe was doing, and you knew he knew.

I will call Thomas Kessler, and he will tell me the truth,

because he is a man of integrity.

All right, I knew.

And I told my client, which was my obligation.

HARDMAN: Finally.

You knew because Harvey Specter told you.

No. I knew because Robert Zane told me.

What? The hell I did.

I can't cover for you. You're not covering.

I had no reason to break privilege.

You saw a way to get back at Harvey and Louis

for taking you down as managing partner.

If you broke privilege, he would take the hit,

and you would take the firm back.

That is a fabrication. This is obviously

a hit job on an innocent man.

Then why do I have an e-mail from Robert Zane

informing me of Simon Lowe's duplicity?

What?

You're in on this? MAN: Mr. Zane...

is this true?

It is.

I can't hide it anymore.

Oh, no.

They orchestrated this whole thing. Ask Kessler.

Mr. Kessler, who was it, Robert Zane or Harvey Specter?

[♪♪♪]

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

I can't speak to who told him. No.

Travis Tanner admitted Harvey called him the night before.

Then why isn't he here? Obviously because he got to him.

Robert, as this is a disbarrable offense,

may I ask you again, under oath...

is this e-mail real? Did you do this?

I did.

Do you have anything to say in your defense?

Only that I did what I felt was right at the time.

I didn't regret it then,

but I do now.

Robert, why are you doing this?

I'm making up for what I did wrong.

Well, I'm sorry to say that that's not enough.

You hereby forfeit your license to practice law.

This matter is now closed. [GAVEL BANGS]

How could you do it? Samantha--

You've been working your whole life for this.

How could you throw it away?

I didn't. I need you to understand.

Well, I don't understand it.

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

How could you do that to me?

I did something else I can't live with.

What are you talking about?

That man that attacked you.

The one that we put away?

That's why you did this?

Robert, he got what he deserved.

He was killed, Samantha.

Murdered in his own cell.

And it's my fault.

He may have been a piece of shit,

but he was someone's son.

He wouldn't have been in there if it weren't for me.

Why didn't you tell me?

Because it wasn't your burden to bear.

But I am telling you now because I need you to understand.

[♪♪♪]

This is redemption for me.

What am I gonna do without you?

You got your name on the wall. You don't need me anymore.

[SIGHS]

The truth is...

you haven't needed me for a long time.

I don't wanna be alone.

You're not gonna be alone here.

You've got Louis and Donna and Alex.

It's not the same thing.

You wanna talk the same? I've seen you and Harvey together.

You're peas in a pod.

[CHUCKLES]

Go to him, seek him out.

And who knows? Over time, you might even...

Might even what?

Nothing.

[WOMAN VOCALIZING]

Come over here and give an old man a hug.

You looking for him too?

I went to call Donna after the hearing.

She didn't answer.

When I came back, all you guys were gone.

There wasn't really a reason to stay.

Alex, if you'd have told me you were gonna do that--

That's why Robert wouldn't let me tell you.

Well, I know I need to thank him--

But you need to know why.

Yeah, I do.

Sometimes people are carrying around a burden

they need to put down that has nothing to do with you.

What burden?

ROBERT: None of your goddamn business.

Stop moping around my office.

I'm retired, I'm not dead.

And, Harvey...

I knew what I was doing. I'm good with it.

Well, if it's all right with you,

what do you say to celebrate your retirement,

I finally take you out for that burger?

You got it.

But not tonight.

When something like this happens,

it makes you know what's really important.

And for me, it's Laura.

[♪♪♪]

Hey.

Sure you don't wanna tell me what that burden was?

Isn't it enough I saved your sorry ass?

And by the way, most people get a gold watch.

I get a goddamn burger.

Why you gotta push it? Now we gotta get him a watch.

Hey, do you wanna get a burger?

Sorry, Harvey.

Robert's right.

I need to get home to the woman I love.

[♪♪♪]

Shouldn't you be out celebrating?

You'd think so, but losing Robert

kind of takes the charm off the victory.

Listen, Harvey.

I appreciate this, but...

I don't need you checking up on me.

Where else do I have to be?

You know, I lost my mentor too.

Jessica Pearson.

Robert used to talk about her all the time.

What was she like?

Let's just say she was to me what he is to you.

It was hard losing her, but it gets easier.

He believed in me.

He was the only one who ever did that.

The only one who saw who I was.

All my baggage, all my flaws.

And he accepted you anyway.

He didn't just accept me.

He loved me.

Not easy to find someone like that in this world.

No, it's not.

I mean, what am I supposed to do when

I have a big victory or a terrible loss,

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

What am I supposed to do?

[♪♪♪]

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

Where?

I just have to.

♪ And when my heart Won't break ♪

♪ An empty space Between my lungs ♪

♪ And when my knees Won't shake ♪

♪ I'll drink To find inspiration ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm A red-blooded man ♪

♪ Who's coming To meet me now? ♪

♪ Living life with No need for the brakes ♪

♪ Something happens when I lean on my mistakes ♪

♪ If the words are true ♪

♪ And the words Reveal the same ♪

♪ I come alive when I don't even think ♪

♪ Love is mystical ♪

♪ Do you feel the same? ♪

♪ Love is irresistible ♪

♪ It's calling out your name ♪

♪ Light in darkness Will show you the way ♪

♪ Give you the power To believe again ♪

♪ Give you the power To believe again ♪

♪ Oh, can't you hear The future is calling ♪

♪ For heaven's sake ♪

♪ It's either hell Or high water ♪

♪ Let's get outta this place ♪

♪ I feel your skeptical eyes ♪

♪ On my mental state ♪

♪ I lift my hands to the sky ♪

♪ And I lower the stakes Oh, yeah ♪

♪ And I lower the stakes Oh, yeah ♪

♪ And I lower the stakes ♪

♪ Love is mystical ♪

♪ Do you feel the same? ♪

♪ Love is irresistible ♪

♪ It's calling out your name ♪

♪ Light in darkness Will show you the way ♪

♪ Give you the power to... ♪