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PREVIOUSLY ON "ELI STONE"...

THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT.
JORDAN WAS INSIDE.

WE GOT YOUR DAD.
HE'S ALIVE.

I KNOW
WHAT WE HAVE TO DO NOW.

THE PRO BONO DEPARTMENT
YOU ESTABLISHED--

YOU WANNA TURN THE ENTIRE FIRM
INTO IT?

IT'S DAD'S JOURNAL,
AND IT ALL HAS TO DO WITH YOU--

YOU NOW,
TEN YEARS AFTER HE DIED.
WE ARE SEEKING A COURT ORDER,

FREEZING YOUR AUTHORITY PENDING
A COMPLETE PSYCHOLOGICAL WORKUP.

YOU'RE WRONG.

WHY CAN'T WE BE
TWO EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONALS

WHO DISAGREE
OVER A JUDGMENT CALL?

WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE THAT
YOU'RE RIGHT AND I'M WRONG?
WELL, WHEN THERE'S A RIGHT
AND A WRONG ANSWER,

IT ISN'T A JUDGMENT CALL.
IS EVERYTHING OKAY, SIR?

NO, ELI. MY POSITION
AS MANAGING PARTNER

OF MY OWN FIRM IS AT STAKE,
AND IT APPEARS THE ATTORNEYS

I'VE CHOSEN TO DEFEND ME
AGAINST ALLEGATIONS

I'M SUFFERING FROM
POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER

CAN'T SEEM TO AGREE
ON THE TIME OF DAY.

19.
GIVE OR TAKE A FEW MINUTES.

I TAKE IT FROM THE ARGUMENT I'VE
JUST SPENT THE LAST TEN MINUTES

TRYING NOT TO PAY ATTENTION TO,
YOU DISAGREE OVER WHETHER

I SHOULD TAKE THE STAND
IN MY OWN DEFENSE.
IT'S NOT EVEN A CLOSE CALL
IN THIS SITUATION.

IT'S NOT SO MUCH
A DISAGREEMENT OVER THAT

AS OVER WHAT--WHAT THE RIGHT
THING TO DO IS HERE.
IT'S ABOUT THE PROOF--

ENOUGH!

BOTH OF YOU, MAKE YOUR CASE
IN ONE SENTENCE OR LESS.

LADIES AND DAUGHTERS FIRST.

GO.

THE BURDEN OF PROOF IS
ON POSNER AND KLEIN, OKAY?

WE DON'T WANT TO RISK OPENING
YOU UP TO CROSS-EXAMINATION

TO SHOW THAT THEY HAVEN'T
MET THEIR BURDEN.
WE DO IF WE DON'T WANT
TO TAKE THE GREATER RISK

OF APPEARING THAT WE HAVE
NO OTHER WAY OF DEMONSTRATING

THAT YOU HAVE
ALL YOUR FACULTIES,

WHICH, BY THE WAY, TESTIFYING
WILL DO VERY EFFECTIVELY.

YOU USED TWO SENTENCES.
YOURS WAS A RUN-ON.

I'M GOING TO TESTIFY.
I RESPECT YOUR POINT OF VIEW

ON THIS, SWEETHEART,
BUT I AGREE WITH ELI.

AND JUST FOR THE RECORD,
I DON'T THINK YOU'RE WRONG.

I JUST HAPPEN
TO AGREE WITH HIM.

THAT'S THE FOURTH TIME HE'S
"HAPPENED" TO AGREE WITH YOU.

LOOK, YOU WANTED A BENCH TRIAL
TO PROTECT HIM FROM A JURY.

YOU WANTED AN EXPEDITED HEARING
TO PROTECT HIM FROM THE PRESS.

NOW YOU WANT TO KEEP HIM
OFF THE STAND

TO PROTECT HIM
FROM CROSS-EXAMINATION.

HE NEEDS A LITIGATOR, TAYLOR,
NOT AN OVERPROTECTIVE DAUGHTER.

OH, WHAT ABOUT
AN OVEREAGER PROTéGé

WHO BLAMES HIMSELF
FOR THE MESS HIS MENTOR'S IN?

HE STILL HAS THE SUPPORT
OF THE BOARD.

HOW LONG DO YOU THINK
THAT'LL LAST

THE LONGER THIS THING
DRAGS OUT?
IT'S JUST TOO BAD
THAT NO OUTSIDE FIRM

WILL GET IN THE MIDDLE
OF THIS, HUH?
YEAH, IT'S TOO BAD.

THIS IS ME.

GOOD NIGHT.
GOOD NIGHT.

GOD.

YES,
I'M RATHER ANXIOUS MYSELF.

IN MOMENTS SUCH AS THESE--

NOT THAT I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO
HAVE ANY ON QUITE THIS SCALE--

I FIND IT BEST
TO FOCUS ON THE CLIENT.
THE CLIENT?

YES, THE CLIENT, ELI--
THE INDIVIDUAL,

OR, IN THIS CASE, INDIVIDUALS
WHO HAVE RETAINED OUR SERVICES

ON THEIR BEHALF.
BECAUSE OF THE THING
WITH THE, UH, CASE.

I'M NOT GETTING AN OVERWHELMING
FEELING OF CONFIDENCE HERE.

IT'S OKAY, SIR.

I'M READY FOR... TRIAL.

I'M JUST NOT SURE
WHAT THAT TRIAL IS.

ELI, YOU'RE ABOUT
TO FACE NINE JUSTICES

WHO ARE GOING TO,
AT A MINIMUM,

EXPECT YOU TO APPRECIATE

THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THEM
AND A STATE COURT.

"THEM," SIR? SORRY,
COULD YOU BE MORE PERSONAL

WITH YOUR PERSONAL PRONOUNS?

ELI, WE'RE LESS THAN AN HOUR
FROM ARGUING A CASE

BEFORE THE HIGHEST COURT
IN THE LAND.

THE PHRASE "GET ON THE BALL"
COMES TO MIND.

THERE IS GUILT
BEHIND EVERY DOOR

MATT?

I HEARD THAT JORDAN WANTS
TO CUT BACK ASSOCIATE SALARIES

BY NEARLY HALF.
NOT MY BUSINESS, TOMMY.

SURE IT IS. YOU'RE THE ONE
SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY...

OR AT LEAST HIS DAUGHTER.

SO IS WETHERSBY GONNA
BANKRUPT THIS PLACE

AND US ALONG WITH IT, OR NOT?
NO, HE'S NOT.

ALL RIGHT, HE BUILT THIS PLACE.
HE PUT THAT ROLEX ON YOUR WRIST

AND THAT DESIGNER SUIT
ON YOUR BACK.

YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OF THAT
WITHOUT HIM,

SO SHOW THE MAN SOME RESPECT.

TAYLOR.

JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY,

DID I MISS ANY CLASSIC
MATT DOWD ZINGERS JUST NOW?

OR DID YOU REMAIN COMPLETELY
SILENT THE ENTIRE TIME?

TOMMY WAS JUST VENTING SOME
VERY UNDERSTANDABLE ANXIETIES.
"SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY"?

HE'S YOUR DAD,
AND THEY KNOW WE'RE TOGETHER.

WHATEVER I SAID
WOULDN'T HAVE MATTERED

BECAUSE I'M NOT SEEN
AS OBJECTIVE,

AND YOU'VE GOT
THE SAME PROBLEM.
EXCUSE ME?

IN COURT.
YOU'RE HIS DAUGHTER, TAYLOR,

AND ANY ARGUMENT
YOU MAKE TO A JUDGE

IS GOING TO LOSE CREDIBILITY
BECAUSE OF THAT.
YOU SOUND LIKE ELI.

AND IF HE AND I ACTUALLY AGREE,
THAT SHOULD REALLY

TELL YOU SOMETHING.
YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T
REALLY HELPFUL RIGHT NOW.

YOU DON'T NEED
TO REPRESENT YOUR DAD

TO PROVE TO HIM
YOU'RE A GREAT LAWYER.
THE PSYCHOANALYSIS
ISN'T HELPING EITHER.

TAYLOR...
I'M GONNA STAY
AT MY PLACE TONIGHT.

I'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO.

OKAY.

WELL, MAYBE THIS IS THE ONE THAT
TAKES YOU TO THE SUPREME COURT.

WHAT?
OH, YOU'VE GOT VISION FEVER.

HUH. I MUST HAVE MISSED THAT DAY
AT MEDICAL SCHOOL.

YOU HAD A VISION
LAST WEEK.

YOU READ A LITTLE BIT
OF DAD'S JOURNAL.

IT'S ALL COOL AND EXCITING.
YOU GOT THE PROPHET BUG.

WILL YOU STOP MAKING UP
SPIRITUAL AILMENTS, PLEASE?
I-I HAVE NO TIME FOR NEW CASES
RIGHT NOW, NATE.

I GOT MY PLATE FULL WITH
POSNER AND KLEIN vs. WETHERSBY.

JUST COME WITH ME
TO SEE MY NEW PATIENT, OKAY?

I'LL HAVE YOU IN AND OUT
OF THE CLINIC

IN, LIKE,
LESS THAN AN HOUR.
CLINIC?

YEAH, I TOLD YOU.

I'M VOLUNTEERING AT
THE PARK PRESIDIO FREE CLINIC.
SINCE WHEN?

WELL, EVER SINCE YOU SAVED ME
FROM THE ANEURYSM,

I GUESS I FIGURED I SHOULD
GIVE SOMETHING BACK.

ALL RIGHT, SO THIS PATIENT
I'VE BEEN SEEING--SHE'S ONLY

6 YEARS OLD, ALL RIGHT?
SHE LIVES WITH HER FAMILY

IN A LOW-INCOME HOUSING UNIT
IN THE TENDERLOIN--YOU KNOW,

THE KIND WHERE THE PAINT'S
BEEN PEELING OFF THE WALLS

FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS? IN FACT,
THAT'S WHY SHE NEEDS YOU.
SHE'S GOT LEAD POISONING?

SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS.
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO PROVE
CAUSATION IN LEAD PAINT CASES.

AND EVEN IF YOU COULD,

THE C.P.S.C. MADE LEAD PAINT
ILLEGAL IN 1978, WHICH MEANS

THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
HAS ALREADY EXPIRED.
YEAH, BUT, ELI--

BUT THANK YOU, AND KEEP
THOSE GREAT SUGGESTIONS COMING.

I GOTTA GET BACK
TO THE OFFICE.
ELI?

"EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW."

THE EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE

WAS WRITTEN EXACTLY
FOR A CASE LIKE THIS ONE--

FOR PEOPLE STRUGGLING
AGAINST POWERFUL INTERESTS

ARRAYED AGAINST THEM.

THIS IS THE PINNACLE
OF MY CAREER, ELI--

OF ANY ATTORNEY'S CAREER.

BUT FOR YOU,
I'D BE ON THE OTHER SIDE,

REPRESENTING THE LIKES
OF THE L.P.M.A.

I'D BE DISHONORING
THESE HALLOWED HALLS

WITH A HALFHEARTED
ARGUMENT DEFENDING

THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
OF PAINT MANUFACTURERS

TO POISON INNOCENT CHILDREN.

THIS IS THE LEAD PAINT CASE.

TRY NOT TO SOUND
SO SURPRISED.

ELI!

VISION?

NO.

YEAH. UH, YOU COULD TELL?
YEAH, YOU HAD VISION FACE.

AND NOW WHO'S
MAKING UP AILMENTS?
OKAY, SO WHAT DID YOU SEE?

WAS IT--I MEAN,
WAS IT ABOUT MY CASE?

IT WAS ABOUT MY CASE,
WASN'T IT? I KNEW IT.

HOW COULD YOU P--

YOU TELL ME YOU HAVEN'T BEEN
READING DAD'S JOURNAL.

I HAVEN'T BEEN
READING DAD'S JOURNAL.
WELL, SKIMMING IT, THEN.
YOU HAVE!

LOOK, HE SAID THAT
YOU TAKE THE LEAD CASE.

I MEAN, HE WROTE DOWN
THE CLIENTS' NAMES!

WHEN I SAW THE KIMS' NAMES
IN HERE, I NEARLY HAD A STROKE.

LOOK,
I-I-I DOG-EARED THE PAGE.
NATE.

YEAH, O-OKAY. I-I'M SURE
THAT YOU ASSOCIATE THE JOURNAL

WITH GRACE, AND THAT DOESN'T--
THIS IS NOT ABOUT HER.

THIS IS ABOUT ME
NOT WANTING TO LIVE MY LIFE

ACCORDING TO DAD'S
UNABOMBER PROPHECY MANIFESTO.

IF YOU ONLY KNEW THESE PEOPLE
AND WHAT THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH--
BUT I DON'T, NATE.

I DON'T KNOW THEM.
I KNOW JORDAN,

AND I KNOW WHAT HE'S GOING
THROUGH, AND I KNOW WHAT HAPPENS

TO HIM IF I DON'T DO EVERYTHING
IN MY POWER TO HELP HIM.

SO JUST...

GO BE A DOCTOR.

I DIDN'T READ IT.

I-I PERFORMED A CONTROLLED
SKIMMING OF JUST ONE PAGE,

WHICH CONFIRMED THAT THE CASE
IN THE BOOK IS THE SAME ONE

THAT TAKES ME AND JORDAN
TO THE SUPREME COURT.
WHAT EXACTLY DID THE PAGE SAY?

SEE FOR YOURSELF.
OKAY, NOW LOOK, KIM IS THE NAME

OF MY WOULD-BE FUTURE CLIENTS.
BUT WHAT'S THIS--"NURHACHI"?

NOT WHAT--WHO.

HE'S A TEACHER
I STUDIED WITH IN CHINA.

WELL, I'M GUESSING THAT
HE DIDN'T GIVE YOU AN "A."

WHAT HE GAVE ME
WERE NIGHTMARES.

HE WAS A STUDENT OF ZHIGUAI.

YAO-WHAT?

ZHIGUAI. IT MEANS
"ACCOUNTS OF ANOMALIES."

BLACK MAGIC STUFF--
WEREWOLVES, TRANSMIGRATION.

KIND OF LIKE THE BUDDHIST
VERSION OF "THE X-FILES."

AND WHAT'S HIS NAME
DOING IN THE BOOK?

I-I STUDIED ACUPUNCTURE
UNDER HIM.

HE TAUGHT ME A TECHNIQUE.

HE CALLED IT
"THE DARK TRUTH."

"THE DARK TRUTH"?

IT'S OLD MEDICINE--

SUPPOSED TO BRING
MENTAL CLARITY THROUGH PAIN.
YOU'RE MAKING THIS UP.

WELL, ONLY INSOFAR
AS I'M JUST EDUCATED-GUESSING.

BUT IT DOESN'T
MAKE A DIFFERENCE,

BECAUSE I'M NOT DOING THIS
ON YOU. IT'S TOO DANGEROUS.

WELL, I ALREADY CLEARLY HAVE
THE WRITTEN CONSENT OF A PARENT.

COME ON. THIS IS ABOUT JORDAN.
I NEED TO KNOW, FRANK.

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

TAKE A DEEP BREATH.

DO IT.

SOMEONE CALL SECURITY.

WHO LET THIS MAN
IN HERE?

I'M JUST KIDDING, MAN.

GOOD TO SEE YA.

HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN--
UH, LIKE SIX MONTHS?

SAW YOU THIS MORNING.

UH... YEAH.

DID THE "WETHERSBY"
FALL OFF?

IS THIS LITTLE TRIP
DOWN MEMORY LANE

PART OF YOU COMING TO GRIPS
WITH GETTING YOUR ASS SPANKED

ON JORDAN'S HEARING
SIX MONTHS AGO?
SIX MONTHS?

OKAY. I DON'T SUPPOSE
YOU PAID EXTRA

FOR THE WARRANTY
ON YOUR BRAIN SURGERY.

IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU MIGHT
NEED A LITTLE TUNE-UP.
WHAT HAPPENED IN THE HEARING?

OH, ABOUT WHAT
YOU'D EXPECT TO HAPPEN

WHEN A LAWYER IS CRAZIER
THAN THE ALLEGED CRAZY GUY

HE'S DEFENDING,
AS THIS LITTLE REUNION SHOWS.

IT WAS MY FAULT.

HEY, DON'T BE SO HARD
ON YOURSELF.

THAT'S MY JOB.

AAH!

ELI, TAKE IT EASY.
YOU'RE BACK.

WHAT DID YOU SEE? ELI?

CAN YOU REPEAT THAT?

I HAVE TO WITHDRAW
FROM YOUR CASE.
EXCUSE ME?

I KNOW THIS COMES
AS A SURPRISE, BUT--

I SEEM TO RECALL
A RATHER IMPASSIONED ARGUMENT

ABOUT HOW THIS HEARING WAS
THE MOST IMPORTANT MOMENT

IN MY PROFESSIONAL LIFE,
AND THERE WAS NO ONE

BETTER SUITED TO STEER ME
THROUGH IT THAN YOU.

I KNOW, SIR,
BUT I THINK I WAS WRONG.

YOU SHOULD GO WITH TAYLOR,
AND JUST TAYLOR, ON THIS ONE.

I WOULD JUST DRAG YOU DOWN,
BELIEVE ME.

YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT,
ELI.

IF YOU WERE PLANNING
ON EXHIBITING

THIS KIND OF CAPRICIOUS JUDGMENT
ON MY BEHALF,

I WOULDN'T BE WELL-SERVED
BY YOU REPRESENTING ME.

TAYLOR...

DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.

WE'RE FINE.

I'M FINE.

I CAN DO THIS.
DON'T WORRY.

S-SOMETHING I DID?

MORE LIKE SOMETHING
YOU DIDN'T DO.

I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU, OF ALL
PEOPLE, BAILING ON JORDAN.

IT'S LIKE YOU CHOSE A SIDE.
I DIDN'T CHOOSE ANYTHING. I GOT
ONE OF MY 9-1-1 CALLS FROM GOD.

THEN YOU STAR-69 HIM
AND SAY YOU'LL TAKE CARE OF IT

AFTER YOU TAKE CARE OF JORDAN.
IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY.

TRUST ME, YOU WANT ME OFF
THE JORDAN CASE. YOU REALLY DO.

WHAT'S THIS?
LEAD PAINT PRODUCT LIABILITY.

IT'S DAVID VERSUS GOLIATH
STUFF--YOUR FAVORITE.

JUST READ IT.
WELL,
I DON'T HAVE TO READ IT.

THERE'S NOTHING IN THIS FILE
THAT COULD MAKE ME

WANT TO ABANDON OUR MENTOR.

FIRSTLY,
HE'S NOT YOUR MENTOR.

SECONDLY, I DIDN'T ABANDON HIM.
TAYLOR'S HANDLING IT,

AND BELIEVE ME, SHE'S HAPPIER
THAT I NO LONGER AM.

AND THIRDLY, I'M DOING THIS
WITH OR WITHOUT YOUR HELP.

AND WE BOTH KNOW THAT YOU'RE
BIOLOGICALLY INCAPABLE

OF TURNING DOWN A POOR,
SICK KID CASE LIKE THIS ONE.

I HATE YOU.

THAT'S A LOT OF DISCOVERY

FOR A SIMPLE
BREACH OF CONTRACT CASE.
I KNOW. I'M AN ARTIST.

UH, CAN YOU GIVE US
A MINUTE, BUDDY?

ABSOLUTELY.
I'M HERE FOR KEITH, ACTUALLY.

HIM?
ME?

I NEED TO REPLACE ELI ON
POSNER AND KLEIN vs. WETHERSBY.

WELL, I'M KIND OF BUSY
HELPING MATT

DRAFT DISCOVERY REQUESTS
IN KOEHLER.
I'M SURE MATT WON'T MIND,
ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING

HOW IMPORTANT
MY FATHER'S CASE IS TO HIM.
100%.

JORDAN NEEDS A CAPABLE
AND OBJECTIVE LAWYER

ON HIS TEAM.

LEESIE STARTED HAVING SEIZURES
WHEN SHE WAS 3.

WE HUG HER TILL
SHE STOPS SHAKING.

IT'S THE ONLY THING
WE CAN DO.

AND WHEN SHE STARTED SCHOOL
THIS YEAR,

HER TEACHER TOLD US SHE WAS
SLOWER THAN THE OTHER KIDS.

WE'RE NOT SPITEFUL PEOPLE,
MR. STONE,

AND WE'VE NEVER SUED ANYONE.

BUT LEESIE'S DOCTOR'S BILLS--
THEY'RE MORE THAN I MAKE

IN A YEAR, AND I'M ALREADY
WORKING TWO JOBS.

DID YOU EVER ACTUALLY SEE
LEESIE INGEST PAINT CHIPS?

NO, BUT WHEN SHE WAS
A TODDLER,

EVERYTHING SHE COULD GET
HER LITTLE HANDS ON

WENT INTO HER MOUTH.

I SAW HER PICKING
AT THE PAINT.

IF WE COULD AFFORD
A BETTER PLACE,

MAYBE LEESIE WOULD BE OKAY.

DO YOU KNOW, UH, WHEN
YOUR APARTMENT WAS BUILT?

UM, 1950s, I THINK.

NO ONE HAS EVER WON A LEAD PAINT
LIABILITY CASE BEFORE.

THAT'S PART
OF THE REASON WHY.
I-I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

WELL, IF YOUR APARTMENT WAS
CONSTRUCTED IN THE 1950s,

THAT MEANS IT'S GOT
AT LEAST TWO DECADES WORTH

OF LEAD PAINT IN IT.
IT'S HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT

THAT PAINT IS FROM
A SINGLE MANUFACTURER.

SO EVEN IF WE STOOD A CHANCE OF
BRINGING A SUCCESSFUL LAWSUIT,

WE WOULDN'T KNOW
WHICH ONE TO SUE.

SO WHAT DO WE DO?

WE SUE THEM ALL.

ANOTHER DAY

NEWSPAPERS SAY

LIFE, WHAT'D YOU DO TO ME?

IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'D LIKE IT
TO BE JUST ME AND LEESIE

AT THE PLAINTIFF'S TABLE.
YOU'RE DEMOTING ME
TO THE GALLERY?

VERY MATURE, ELI.
IT'S NOT LIKE THAT.

IT'S JUST, GIBBONS IS GONNA
HAVE AN ARMY IN THERE.

I WANT IT TO BE AS FEW PEOPLE
AS POSSIBLE AT OUR TABLE.

SYMPATHY IS OUR BEST
AND ONLY PLAY HERE.
OKAY.

FRANKLY, I'D ALWAYS BEEN
IN AWE OF JORDAN WETHERSBY.

THE MAN WAS SINGLE-MINDED.

IT WAS RARE FINDING A MAN
WHOSE TENACITY EXCEEDED MY OWN.

YOU CAN IMAGINE MY SURPRISE
WHEN I GET A PHONE CALL

OUT OF THE LITERAL BLUE,

TELLING ME HE COULD
"NO LONGER IN GOOD CONSCIENCE"

REPRESENT MY COMPANY.

DID HE EXPLAIN WHY?

HE REGISTERED
SOME MORAL INDIGNATION

REGARDING THE WAGES WE PAY
AT OUR SRI LANKA FACTORY.

IT WAS LIKE I DIDN'T EVEN
KNOW THE MAN ANYMORE.
OBJECTION.

SUSTAINED.
NOTHING FURTHER,
YOUR HONOR.

SO FOR OVER 30 YEARS,
JORDAN WETHERSBY WAS

AN AMORAL GUN FOR HIRE,
AND HIS SUDDEN CONSCIENCE

MAKES HIM UNRECOGNIZABLE.
OBJECTION.

WITHDRAWN.
WHAT IS THE MILLS FOUNDATION?

IT'S A PUBLIC INTEREST
NONPROFIT I STARTED

WITH THE, UH, PROCEEDS
FROM MY COMPANY'S I.P.O.

WHOSE IDEA WAS IT?
IT WAS YOUR FATHER'S--
JORDAN'S.

I TAKE IT HE MADE
THAT SUGGESTION

DURING THAT SAME PHONE CALL
LAST WEEK?

OH, NO, NO. THAT WAS...
THAT WAS NEARLY 30 YEARS AGO.

WHEN MR. WETHERSBY
WAS SUFFERING

FROM PRE-TRAUMATIC
STRESS DISORDER.
ARE WE OUT OF WITNESSES?

JUST ONE MORE FOR
THE PLAINTIFFS, YOUR HONOR--

ELLEN WETHERSBY.

IT'S A STUNT, YOUR HONOR.
ACTUALLY, I WITHDRAW THAT.

TO BE A STUNT, IT'D HAVE TO BE
IN SERVICE OF A LEGITIMATE CASE.
THIS IS A LEGITIMATE CASE.

HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVE FILED
LEAD PAINT LIABILITY SUITS.

JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY,
HOW MANY OF THOSE CASES

WERE FILED WITHIN
THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS?

WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVE IT HERE.
THROUGH DISCOVERY,

WE WILL OBTAIN EVIDENCE
THAT WILL PROVE LEAD PAINT--
IN OTHER WORDS,
YOU DON'T HAVE ANY EVIDENCE,

BUT YOU'RE HOPING
YOU'LL FIND SOME... MAYBE.

YOUR HONOR, AT THIS TIME,
I'D LIKE TO SUPPLEMENT

OUR MOTION TO DISMISS WITH
A MOTION FOR RULE 11 SANCTIONS.

YOUR HONOR, SANCTIONS?

WHOLLY APPROPRIATE WHEN
A PLAINTIFF BRINGS A CASE

AS FRIVOLOUS AS THIS.
OUR COMPLAINT
ALLEGES CAUSATION.

THAT SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT
AT THIS STAGE.

NOT FOR ME, MR. STONE.
BUT I'M NOT HEARTLESS.

NOR DO I FAIL TO NOTICE
THE 6-YEAR-OLD GIRL

AT YOUR TABLE. YOU'VE GOT
24 HOURS TO CONVINCE ME

WHY SHE'S GOT A CASE.

I RENEW MY OBJECTION,
YOUR HONOR.

MARITAL COMMUNICATIONS PRIVILEGE
PREVENTS MY CLIENT'S WIFE

FROM REVEALING
PRIVATE CONFIDENCES.
AND MS. KLEIN
HAS ALREADY BEEN WARNED

AGAINST ASKING HER TO DO SO.

CAN YOU DESCRIBE
YOUR HUSBAND'S BEHAVIOR

FOLLOWING HIS ACCIDENT?
OBJECTION. MRS. WETHERSBY
IS NOT A PSYCHOLOGIST.

I AM NOT ASKING HER
TO DIAGNOSE HIS BEHAVIOR--

MERELY DESCRIBE IT.
OVERRULED.

HE'S DIFFERENT, ISN'T HE?

HE'S DIFFERENT
SINCE THE BANK.

HE CAN'T SEEM
TO FALL ASLEEP.

WHEN HE DOES,
HE CAN'T STAY THAT WAY.

HE'S SPENDING MORE TIME
AT THE OFFICE.

WHEN HE DOES COME HOME,
HE JUST WORKS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CANDOR.

THE LACK OF SLEEP,
THE CONSTANT WORK--

ARE YOU DESCRIBING SOMEONE
TRAUMATIZED BY AN ACCIDENT

OR REINVIGORATED BY IT?
I DON'T KNOW.

YOU'RE IN THERAPY,
AREN'T YOU?

OBJECTION. RELEVANCE?

JUST GIVE ME
ONE MORE QUESTION.

YES, I'M IN THERAPY.

SO OBVIOUSLY YOU BELIEVE
IN ITS BENEFITS.

BUT YOU DIDN'T SUGGEST THAT
YOUR HUSBAND SEE SOMEONE?

NO.

CLEARLY, YOU'RE NOT
THAT WORRIED ABOUT HIM.

HAVE YOU EXPRESSED
YOUR CONCERN FOR YOUR HUSBAND

TO ANYONE OTHER THAN HIM?

YES. I TOLD TAYLOR
I WAS CONCERNED.

OBJECTION!

IS THERE A STEPDAUGHTER
PRIVILEGE I'M UNAWARE OF?
OVERRULED.

WHEN YOU EXPRESSED
YOUR CONCERN TO MS. WETHERSBY,

WHAT DID SHE SAY
IN RESPONSE?

TAYLOR SAID
SHE WAS WORRIED, TOO.

SHE WAS AFRAID

HE'D BECOME SELF-DESTRUCTIVE
SINCE THE ACCIDENT.

I'M SORRY.
OBVIOUSLY, THEY--
IT'S FINE, TAYLOR.

THERE'S NO LAW
AGAINST A DAUGHTER

BEING CONCERNED
FOR HER FATHER.

THAT HAVING BEEN SAID,
YOUR CLIENT IS VERY CONCERNED.
I KNOW, BUT I'LL FIX IT.

BY CALLING ME
TO THE WITNESS STAND.

I'M RETURNING TO THE OFFICE
TO PREPARE MY TESTIMONY.

LATE NIGHT?

MY DEFENSE TEAM'S
A BIT UNDERSTAFFED.

I KNOW I LEFT YOU
IN THE LURCH,

BUT I HAD A REASON.

THE LEAD PAINT CASE
I'M WORKING ON...

IT GOES TO THE SUPREME COURT.

WE TAKE IT THERE.
WE'RE STILL WORKING TOGETHER--

I'M SURE YOU BELIEVE
YOUR DIVINE CALLING,

BUT IT'S NOT
PARTICULARLY HELPFUL TO ME

AT THE MOMENT, ELI.

IT WAS HELPFUL TO YOU
WHEN YOU WERE BURIED

UNDER THE CREDIT DAUPHIN BANK.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

IT'S... HOW I FOUND YOU.

I WAS GUIDED.

"GUIDED"?

JUST LIKE I WAS
GUIDED AWAY FROM YOUR CASE

TO THE ONE
I'M WORKING ON NOW.

IF I STAY WITH YOU, WE LOSE.
ENOUGH, ELI.

IF I COULD JUST DESCRIBE
TO YOU WHAT I SAW--

I SAID ENOUGH
ABOUT YOUR DAMN VISIONS!

I'M LOSING MY FIRM,

EVERYTHING I'VE WORKED FOR.

I STAND ACCUSED
OF NOT BEING IN MY RIGHT MIND,

WHICH IS IRONIC GIVEN
YOU'VE BEEN MY INSPIRATION,

AND NOW I'M BEGINNING
TO DOUBT YOUR SANITY.

I NEVER TOLD YOU TO GO TO WAR
WITH POSNER AND KLEIN.

YOU DIDN'T SEEM
TO HAVE A PROBLEM

WITH ME DOING IT LAST YEAR.
WHAT ABOUT TRYING TO FIRE
HALF OUR CLIENTS?

WE DISCUSSED CHANGING THE FIRM!
NOT TEARING IT APART!

SIR, YOU'RE THE ONE
THAT WANTED TO DO THIS,

AND NOW YOU'RE BLAMING ME.
I'M NOT BLAMING YOU, ELI!

BUT I AM DISAPPOINTED
THAT YOU WOULD INDULGE

YOUR PERSONAL FANTASIES
AT THE MOMENT.

I'M DEFENDING MYSELF
AGAINST SOMETHING VERY REAL.

I PROMISE...

I'M DOING THIS FOR YOU.

YES.

WELL...

THOSE WORDS HAVE NEVER BEEN
MORE COMFORTING.

ELI, DID YOU KNOW THIS MARBLE
WAS CUT FROM A QUARRY

IN ALICANTE, SPAIN?

I CAN ONLY HOPE
OUR COMPETITION

IS EQUALLY AS DAUNTED
BY THE SPACE.

I DON'T THINK THAT GIBBONS

AND HIS ARMY OF LAWYERS
DAUNT MUCH.

GIBBONS? ELI, THE L.P.M.A.
SWAPPED HIM OUT

AFTER THE TROUNCING
YOU GAVE HIM AT TRIAL.

THEIR NEW ATTORNEYS ARE
SOMEWHAT MORE FORMIDABLE.

HOW DID WE DO IT?
HOW DID WE TROUNCE GIBBONS?

EXCUSE ME?

I'M SORRY, SIR.

I DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME.

MAGGIE, IT'S ELI.

I-I FOUND OUT HOW WE WIN.

WELL, MR. STONE,
DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING FOR ME?

YOUR HONOR, THE PLAINTIFFS
WOULD LIKE TO WITHDRAW

THEIR PRODUCT LIABILITY CLAIM...
IF YOU THINK DOING THAT'S GONNA
IMMUNIZE YOU FROM SANCTIONS--

AND AMEND OUR COMPLAINT
TO INCLUDE A CLAIM

UNDER THE PUBLIC NUISANCE
DOCTRINE.
YOU'RE EVEN CRAZIER
THAN I THOUGHT. THIS IS--

I GET TO YELL AT HIM FIRST,
MR. GIBBONS.
FACTORIES HAVE BEEN COMPELLED

TO INSTALL SCRUBBERS
ON SMOKESTACKS.

WHY SHOULDN'T
PAINT MANUFACTURERS

BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE
FOR PUTTING POISON

ON THE WALL
OF EVERY HOME NATIONWIDE?
THAT'S THE MOST
SLANDEROUS CHARACTERIZATION

I'VE EVER HEARD.
WAIT, YOU'RE GONNA LOVE
THIS PART.

PUBLIC NUISANCE CLAIMS
DO NOT REQUIRE PLAINTIFFS

TO PROVE CAUSATION,
AND THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS

DOESN'T APPLY.
YOUR HONOR,
THE RHODE ISLAND SUPREME COURT

HAS SOUNDLY REJECTED
THIS NUISANCE THEORY--
DO I LOOK LIKE RHODE ISLAND
TO YOU, MR. GIBBONS?

COLOR ME INTRIGUED,
MR. STONE.
YOUR HONOR--

THE DEFENDANT'S
MOTION TO DISMISS

IS TAKEN UNDER ADVISEMENT.

MOTION FOR SANCTIONS DENIED.

I APPRECIATE THAT, THAT I'VE
BEEN ACTING OUT OF CHARACTER.

IN POINT OF FACT,
I HOPE I HAVE.

I'M DETERMINED
TO MAKE CHANGES TO MY LIFE,

MY PRACTICE AND MY FIRM.

YOU PROPOSED FIRING THE FIRM'S
MOST PROFITABLE CLIENTS.

I PROPOSED CULLING THE FIRM'S

MOST SOCIALLY IRRESPONSIBLE
CLIENTS.

BUT W.P.K. HAS REPRESENTED THEM
FOR UPWARDS OF 30 YEARS.

IMPLICIT IN YOUR QUESTION
IS THE BELIEF

THAT THE ONLY EXPLANATION IS
THAT I'VE LOST MY MIND SOMEHOW.

SO WHAT'S
THE OTHER EXPLANATION?

THAT I'VE HAD WHAT ALCOHOLICS
TERM "A MOMENT OF CLARITY,"

A REALIZATION THAT THE WAY I'D
HERETOFORE BEEN LIVING MY LIFE

HAS BEEN DETRIMENTAL
TO MYSELF AND OTHERS.

THANK YOU.

ALL OUR TIME
IN A COURTROOM TOGETHER,

NEVER THOUGHT WE'D BE ON
OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE AISLE.

ASK YOUR QUESTIONS, MARTIN.

LET'S BEGIN WITH YOUR SUDDEN
DECISION TO CHANGE OUR FIRM.
IT WASN'T SUDDEN.

NO, YOU JUST WALKED IN
FRESH FROM YOUR ACCIDENT

AND ANNOUNCED THAT YOU WERE
GOING TO FIRE HALF OUR CLIENTS.

THE ACCIDENT WAS IMMATERIAL.

THIS WAS THE CONSEQUENCE OF
SPENDING DECADES OF MY LIFE

AIDING AND ABETTING
A HOST OF IMMORAL ACTS TO--

LISTEN TO YOURSELF.
"AIDING AND ABETTING." JORDAN--

SPARE ME THE FALSE CONCERN,
MARTIN.

IT'S AS TRANSPARENT
AS YOUR EMOTION,

WHICH IS NOTHING MORE
THAN A NAKED ATTEMPT

TO UNSEAT ME
AS HEAD OF OUR FIRM.

YOU'RE AWARE, AREN'T YOU,

THAT--THAT PARANOIA IS
A SYMPTOM OF P.T.S.D.

MM, SO THIS ENTIRE HEARING
IS A DELUSION OF MINE.

HOW COMFORTING.

SO YOUR ACCIDENT
HAD NO IMPACT WHATSOEVER

ON YOUR DECISION
TO RESTRUCTURE OUR FIRM?

NO, I WAS ON MY WAY TO DO JUST
THAT WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.

IS IT FAIR TO SAY THAT
YOU WERE INSPIRED, IN PART,

BY ONE OF OUR ASSOCIATES--
ELI STONE?

YES, THAT'S TRUE.

AND INTERESTING WHEN YOU
CONSIDER THAT MR. STONE

IS COUNSEL TO THE ALMIGHTY.

THIS IS A TRANSCRIPT
FROM ELI STONE'S TESTIMONY

OF THREE WEEKS AGO.

WILL YOU PLEASE READ
THE HIGHLIGHTED PORTION?
OBJECTION.

OVERRULED.
I WANT TO HEAR THIS.

"I CAN PACK THIS COURTROOM
WITH PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES

"I'VE CHANGED BECAUSE OF
THE OTHER VISIONS I'VE HAD,

SENT TO ME BY SOME HIGHER POWER,
PERHAPS DIVINE."

AND NOW BEFORE YOU OBJECT,

THIS GOES
TO THE RESPONDENT'S JUDGMENT.

ELI STONE BELIEVES

THAT HE'S FOLLOWING
INSTRUCTIONS FROM GOD.

HE'S ONE OF YOUR ACOLYTES,

WHICH--WHICH BEGS
THE QUESTION THEN--

DO YOU BELIEVE
THAT YOUR PLAN FOR THE FIRM

IS THE WILL OF GOD?
MOVE FOR A RECESS,
YOUR HONOR.

THERE'S A QUESTION
BEFORE THE WITNESS.
WE WANT A RECESS, JUDGE.

JORDAN,
ARE YOU BEING LED BY GOD--

ENOUGH, MR. POSNER.
WE'LL RESUME TOMORROW.

I'M AUTHORIZED TO SETTLE THIS
FOR $500,000.

YOU DON'T WIN THE LOTTERY
WITHOUT PAYING FOR A TICKET.

ASTUTE.

THIS SETTLEMENT
WOULD BE SEALED

WITH NO ADMISSION
OF LIABILITY

AND AN IRONCLAD
CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT.

AND YOU NEVER
FILE SUIT AGAINST

ANY OF THE L.P.M.A. COMPANIES
EVER AGAIN.

YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE A HARSH WORD
TO SAY TO ANY OF THEM.

I'LL NEED TO TALK THIS OVER
WITH MY CLIENTS.

THE OFFER WON'T GET
ANY BETTER.

IT'S A BRIBE.

A $500,000 BRIBE.

WHICH CHRIS AND JOANNA
AREN'T GOING TO TAKE.

WE'RE NOT?
WE COULD PAY OFF ALL OUR DEBT
AND THEN SOME WITH THIS MONEY.

THEY'RE PAYING
TO KEEP YOU QUIET

AND TO KEEP US
FROM HELPING OTHER FAMILIES.
I'M SORRY, MR. STONE.

THIS IS TOO MUCH
FOR US TO TURN DOWN.
BUT YOU DO.

I MEAN... YOU JUST--
I KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOT

THE KIND OF PEOPLE TO TURN
YOUR BACKS ON--ON OTHER PEOPLE.
WE'LL THINK ABOUT IT,

BUT I DON'T THINK
WE'LL BE CHANGING OUR MINDS.

THEY'RE GONNA TURN IT DOWN,
GO TO TRIAL. DON'T WORRY.

I AM WORRIED, BECAUSE I DON'T
THINK THEY SHOULD TURN IT DOWN.

THEY'RE DROWNING IN MEDICAL
BILLS, AND IT'S MALPRACTICE

FOR YOU TO TELL THEM
TO REJECT THE LIFE RAFT.
FROM THE LOOK
ON THAT GUY'S FACE,

I THOUGHT YOU'D BE POPPING
CHAMPAGNE CORKS IN HERE.

THIS SHOULDN'T BE
HAPPENING THIS WAY.
THIS IS THE BEST RESULT WE COULD
HOPE FOR, AND YOU KNOW IT.

WELL,
WHAT ABOUT EVERYONE ELSE?

WHAT ABOUT ALL THE OTHER
LITTLE LEESIES? WHAT ABOUT THEM?
WE DON'T REPRESENT THEM.

THEN WHAT THE HELL
WAS ALL THIS ABOUT?

I NEED THE JOURNAL.
WHAT JOURNAL?

DAD WROTE ALL HIS PROPHECIES
DOWN IN A JOURNAL.
YOUR DAD COULD SEE
THE FUTURE, TOO?

CAN YOU?

NO. WELL, JUST ONCE.

YOU KNOW WHAT?

THE KIMS HIRED US
TO PRACTICE LAW, NOT SORCERY.

FORGET FOR A SECOND ABOUT
THE FUTURE AND LIVE IN THE NOW.

YOU DON'T NEED VISIONS
OR A BOOK OR WHATEVER

TO TELL YOU WHAT
THE RIGHT THING TO DO HERE IS.

JUST DO IT.

"WAR DOES NOT DETERMINE
WHO IS RIGHT..."

"ONLY WHO IS LEFT."

McCULLOUGH.

BERTRAND RUSSELL, ACTUALLY.

I-I MEANT THE SCOTCH.
IT'S VERY GOOD.

HMM. I WAS SAVING IT
FOR A COURTROOM VICTORY.

SADLY, THIS ONE SEEMS TO BE
AT MY EXPENSE.

WELL,
IT'S NOT OVER YET, SIR.

IT'S JORDAN.

AFTER THIS IS OVER, I SUSPECT
NO ONE WILL BE CALLING ME "SIR."

MAYBE, MAYBE NOT,

BUT, UM, SOMEONE WILL
STILL BE CALLING YOU "DAD."

YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER
GOING A LITTLE EASIER ON HER.

TAYLOR DIDN'T WANT YOU
TO TAKE THE STAND,

AND SHE WAS RIGHT.
I OWE HER AN APOLOGY.

MY UNDOING
WAS NOT HER DOING.

WELL, SHE DID DO ONE THING
RIGHT, THOUGH--

GETTING ELI TO JUMP SHIP.

YOU'D HAVE HANDED THEM THE CASE
WITH ELI SITTING AT YOUR TABLE.

TAYLOR DIDN'T GET ELI TO...

YES, THAT'S WHAT ELI SAID.

I GUESS WE WERE
BETTER OFF WITHOUT HIM.

KNOW SOMETHIN'?

IT'S HARD FOR ME TO PICTURE
THE THREE OF YOU AT MY AGE,

JUST STARTIN' OUT.

IT WAS, IN EVERY SENSE,
A LIFETIME AGO.

EXHIBIT "A."

HOW MANY
GLASSES OF McCULLOUGH

DID YOU HAVE
WHEN YOU ALL WROTE THIS?

NOT AS MANY AS YOU
WOULD HAVE IMAGINED.

THEN MAYBE IT IS
EXHIBIT "A."

I NEED HELP.

I TOLD YOU, ELI,
I'M NOT DOING

THAT NURHACHI THING
ON YOU AGAIN.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO. I JUST--
I WANT MY FATHER'S JOURNAL BACK.

NO, ELI, YOU REALLY DON'T.
LOOK,
I-I DITCHED JORDAN'S CASE

SO THAT I COULD TAKE THE ONE
GOING TO THE SUPREME COURT,

AND NOW BOTH ARE
CIRCLING THE DRAIN.
THE BOOK CAN'T HELP
WITH THAT, ELI. TRUST ME.

THIS BOOK GOT ME INTO THIS MESS.
IT CAN GET ME OUT.
THE BOOK DIDN'T
GET YOU INTO TROUBLE.

IT WAS YOU MESSIN'
WITH THE PLAN.
OH, THERE'S A PLAN?
THAT'S GREAT.

REMIND ME, WHICH PART
ARE WE UP TO NOW?
THE PART WHERE YOU REALIZE
YOU CAN'T CONTROL

THE UNCONTROLLABLE.
I CAN'T JUST SIT AROUND

AND HOPE THAT EVERYTHING
WORKS OUT FOR THE BEST.

GOD HELPS THOSE
WHO HELP THEMSELVES, RIGHT?

YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW
WHAT'S IN THIS BOOK, ELI.

I WISH I DIDN'T KNOW.

IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT BAD,
NATE WOULD HAVE TOLD ME.

THERE ARE THINGS IN HERE
NATE COULDN'T UNDERSTAND.

I'M SORRY, BUT WHEN YOU TOOK UP
THE PROPHET MANTLE AGAIN,

YOU HAD TO KNOW
THERE'D BE SOME DARK TIMES.

YEAH, FOR ME. I CHOSE
TO HAVE THE ANEURYSM BACK.

JORDAN DIDN'T. NOW IF
THERE'S EVEN A CHANCE THAT

THERE'S SOMETHING IN THAT BOOK
THAT COULD HELP HIM,

I'M GONNA TAKE THAT CHANCE.

YOU WANT TO HELP JORDAN?
JUST BE THERE FOR HIM.

YOU DON'T NEED THAT BOOK.

MY RELIGIOUS BELIEFS
AREN'T RELEVANT IN THIS CASE.

ELI STONE ISN'T RELEVANT.

THE ONLY THING THAT IS RELEVANT

IS WHETHER I'M SUFFERING
FROM P.T.S.D.,

AND IF SO, WHETHER SUCH
A CONDITION MAKES ME UNFIT

TO CHART THE COURSE OF A FIRM

I'VE SPENT
THE PAST 30 YEARS BUILDING.

HAVE I MADE A DECISION
TO RADICALLY ALTER

THE WAY MY FIRM DOES BUSINESS?

IS ELI STONE A FACTOR?

ONLY INSOFAR AS HE HAS
REMINDED ME OF A PART OF MYSELF

THAT I'D LOST TOUCH WITH...

THAT THE THREE OF US
HAVE LOST TOUCH WITH.

FORTUNATELY,
I'VE KEPT A REMINDER.

OUR MISSION STATEMENT.

"W.P.K. WILL BE A FIRM
THAT SERVES THE PUBLIC GOOD

AND HONORS THE PUBLIC TRUST."

IRONIC, ISN'T IT,
HOW EVOCATIVE THAT IS

TO THE PROPOSAL I'M NOW ACCUSED
OF BEING CRAZY FOR MAKING.

HOW DID WE GET HERE?

HOW DOES ONE GO

FROM THE BOLDNESS
OF A YOUTHFUL DREAM

TO ACCUSATIONS OF INSANITY?

IT STARTS OUT SMALL--

A JUSTIFIABLE COMPROMISE
HERE OR THERE,

TILL ONE DAY
YOU START BELIEVING

THAT LIFE IS ABOUT COMPROMISE.

30 YEARS AGO,

WE EACH PUT OUR SIGNATURE
TO THIS

AND PROMISED TO USE THE LAW
TO CHANGE THE WORLD.

SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE,

THE LAW JUST BECAME
A WAY TO MAKE A LOT OF MONEY,

AND THIS NAPKIN
BECAME DISPOSABLE.

I'M TRYING TO HONOR
MY TRUE SELF,

MY DUMBER SELF.

IN A WAY, IT IS LIKE
POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS

BECAUSE I DON'T EVER WANT
TO GO BACK TO THE BATTLE

THAT NEARLY STOLE
THAT PERSON FROM ME.

CONGRATULATIONS.

I HEARD YOU WON YOUR CASE.

SETTLED, ACTUALLY.

MY CLIENTS GOT THE PROVERBIAL
OFFER THEY COULDN'T REFUSE.

YOU WON, RIGHT?

I HEARD THE JUDGE RULED THAT
NONE OF YOUR SCREWS ARE LOOSE.

YES. UNFORTUNATELY,
IN TAKING MY CASE TO TRIAL,

I LOST THE SUPPORT
OF THE BOARD,

WHICH I SUSPECT WAS MARTIN
AND MARCI'S GAMBIT ALL ALONG.

SO THEY...

THEY VOTED ME OUT

AS MANAGING PARTNER
20 MINUTES AGO.

UH... I'M SORRY, SIR.

IT COULD'VE BEEN WORSE. I COULD
HAVE LOST THE CASE ENTIRELY,

BEEN BRANDED A PSYCHOTIC.

HAD MY LICENSE TO PRACTICE
CALLED INTO QUESTION.

GIVEN HOW THEY WENT AT ME
THROUGH YOU,

I HAVE NO DOUBT ALL THAT
WOULD'VE TRANSPIRED

HAD YOU BEEN MY ATTORNEY
DURING THIS

INSTEAD OF MERELY MY FRIEND.

YOUR FRIEND?

WHAT BETTER TERM FOR SOMEONE
I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT

AND ADMIRE EVEN MORE?

I JUST THOUGHT THAT AFTER
THE OTHER NIGHT AND...

FRIENDS FIGHT, ELI,

AND THE OTHER NIGHT,

I COULDN'T INDULGE
IN SUPREME COURT PROPHECIES.

TODAY, HOWEVER,

I COULD USE SOMETHING
TO LOOK FORWARD TO.

SORRY, SIR.

IT DOESN'T LOOK

LIKE WE'LL BE GOING TO
THE SUPREME COURT AFTER ALL.

WE ALL HAVE VISIONS, ELI.

I HAD A VISION FOR WHAT
THIS FIRM WOULD BECOME.

SOMETIMES WE HAVE
TO READJUST OUR PLANS.

IF WE'RE NOT MEANT TO GO

TO THE SUPREME COURT
WITH THIS CASE, PERHAPS ANOTHER.

THIS CASE NEEDS TO GO
TO THE SUPREME COURT.

BUT MAYBE WHAT
IT DOESN'T NEED IS US.

WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO NOW?

I'D CONSIDERED GOLF
AS AN OPTION,

BUT THE ACCIDENT THE OTHER WEEK
HAS LEFT MY LOWER BACK IN SPASM.

THAT LEAVES ME
NO OTHER OPTION

THAN TO CONTINUE
PRACTICING LAW.

I INTEND TO CREATE
THE KIND OF PRACTICE

I'VE BEEN EXPELLED
FOR PROPOSING.

MIGHT I ENTICE YOU TO FOLLOW
YOUR OLD BOSS TO A NEW FIRM?

NO.

BUT I'LL FOLLOW MY FRIEND.

WHAT'S THE CATCH?

NO CATCH.

SO YOU JUST WANT TO HAND OVER
A BRILLIANTLY THOUGHT OUT,

FULLY DEVELOPED CASE FILE
AGAINST THE PAINT INDUSTRY?
WELL, NOT THE WHOLE CASE.

YOU STILL HAVE
TO FIND YOURSELF A CLIENT.
MY POINT IS, THIS IS BIG,
LIKE BIG TOBACCO BIG.

WHY ME?
WE'RE NOT EXACTLY BESTIES.

WHICH IS WHY NO ONE WILL SUSPECT
YOU GOT THE INFORMATION FROM ME.

AH.

THIS PUBLIC NUISANCE
THEORY OF YOURS,

IT COULD MAKE IT ALL THE WAY
TO THE STATE SUPREME COURT.
FEDERAL, EVEN.

ARE YOU ABOUT TO BE INDICTED?
SORRY, YOU'RE NOT
THAT LUCKY, JEFF.

NO, I JUST...

I REALIZED THAT THIS HAS
TO BE SOMEONE ELSE'S CRUSADE.

I'M SORRY IT HAD
TO COME TO THIS.

SOMEHOW YOU'LL MANAGE,
I IMAGINE.

YOU CAN STAY ON
AS OF COUNSEL.

IN FACT, MARCI AND I
HAVE DISCUSSED IT.

WE WOULD VERY MUCH
LIKE YOU TO.

WELL, THAT'S A VERY MAGNANIMOUS
CONSOLATION PRIZE, MARTIN.

I HAVE SOME RATHER SPECIFIC
ANATOMICAL SUGGESTIONS

AS TO WHAT YOU CAN DO
WITH IT.

I TRUST THAT WHEN ADMINISTRATION
SENDS ME MY THINGS,

YOU'LL REMEMBER THAT MANY
OF THE PAINTINGS HERE

ARE FROM
MY PERSONAL COLLECTION.

SORRY.
AM I INTERRUPTING?

WE WERE JUST LEAVING.

STAY. YOU'LL WANT
TO HEAR THIS.

YOUR TESTIMONY
ABOUT THE COCKTAIL NAPKIN

REMINDED ME OF SOMETHING.

ONE OF MY VERY FIRST ASSIGNMENTS
WHEN I JOINED W.P.K.

WAS TO REVIEW THE FIRM'S
REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS.
SO?

UH, 15 YEARS AGO,
WHEN YOU EXPANDED THE FIRM

TO THIS LOCATION,
MARTIN, YOU WERE INVOLVED

IN THAT BITTER DIVORCE,
AND, MARCI,

YOU WERE UNDER INVESTIGATION
FOR INSIDER TRADING.
I WAS EXONERATED
OF THOSE FALSE CHARGES.

YES, HAPPY TIMES.

BECAUSE OF THE CLOUDS HANGING
OVER YOUR RESPECTIVE HEADS,

THE THREE OF YOU DECIDED
TO PUT THIS BUILDING

SOLELY IN MY FATHER'S NAME.

NOW THE THREE OF YOU MAY HAVE
SIGNED THAT NAPKIN,

BUT ONLY MY FATHER'S NAME IS
ON THE TITLE TO THIS BUILDING.

WELL...

MARCI, MARTIN,

IT APPEARS YOU'RE TRESPASSING
ON MY PROPERTY.

BUT I CAN BE GRACIOUS,

GIVE THE ATTORNEYS HERE
TIME TO DECIDE

IF THEY WANT TO STAY.

A WEEK SOUNDS FAIR,
DOESN'T IT?

MM.

HMM.

DON'T WORRY.
I DIDN'T READ IT.

ALTHOUGH I WAS TEMPTED
TO MAKE SURE

GEORGE LUCAS DIDN'T MAKE
ANY MORE "STAR WARS" MOVIES.

WHAT STOPPED YOU?

I DON'T WANT TO LIVE MY LIFE
ACCORDING TO WHAT I THINK

SOME NOTATIONS
IN SOME BOOK MIGHT SAY.

I DON'T WANT TO TRY

TO CONTROL
THE UNCONTROLLABLE ANYMORE.

THAT WAS... BOLD.

"BOLD" WOULD HAVE BEEN
READING IT

OR ASKING YOU
WHAT IT SAID.

YOU'RE GONNA
TAKE LONG STRIDES

ON THE SURFACE
OF THE EARTH, ELI.

AND WITH EVERY STEP,

YOU'RE GONNA
CHANGE THE WORLD.

THAT WAS IN THE BOOK?

DOESN'T MATTER.

THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE.

JEFF.

ELI.

MAGGIE,
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

OYEZ, OYEZ, OYEZ!

ALL PERSONS HAVING BUSINESS
BEFORE THE HONORABLE,

THE SUPREME COURT
OF THE UNITED STATES,

ARE ADMONISHED TO DRAW NEAR
AND GIVE THEIR ATTENTION,

FOR THE COURT IS NOW SITTING.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE,
AND MAY IT PLEASE THE COURT,

MY NAME IS MAGGIE DEKKER OF
POSNER, KLEIN, AND ASSOCIATES

APPEARING ON BEHALF
OF THE PETITIONER--

THE LEAD PAINT
MANUFACTURERS' ALLIANCE.