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PREVIOUSLY... COOPER IS TRYING

FOR A CLINICAL TRIAL THAT MIGHT CURE HIS SON'S M.S.

DO YOU EVEN WANT TO BE IN THIS TRIAL? NO.

YOU INVOLVE YOURSELF WITH MY FAMILY,

I'M GONNA GET INVOLVED WITH YOURS. I WANNA BE EMANCIPATED.

YOU DON'T MESS AROUND WITH JIM.

GOING AGAINST THE VISIONS-- IT'S RISKY.

ALL RIGHT, LET ME SEE IF I GOT THIS RIGHT,

'CAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE ARE TWO JIM COOPERS HERE--THE ONE

THAT YOU WERE PRACTICALLY STALKING TO RETAIN AS A CLIENT-- I NEVER STALKED.

LAST WEEK, AND THE JIM COOPER WHO YOU'RE NOW MAKING

A MORTAL ENEMY OF. AND JORDAN'S OKAY WITH THIS? WELL, I WOULDN'T SAY THAT,

BUT I WOULDN'T CALL COOPER AN ENEMY EITHER. REALLY? OKAY, LET'S SEE.

YOU GOT A COURT TO GREEN-LIGHT HIS CLINICAL TRIAL LAST WEEK,

AND THIS WEEK YOU'RE HELPING HIS SON EMANCIPATE FROM HIM.

YEAH, THAT GUY'S NOT SENDING YOU A CHRISTMAS CARD ANYTIME SOON.

WELL, I WOULDN'T EXPECT ONE FROM HIM EITHER, IF I WERE YOU.

WHAT? HE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT ME?

NO, HE JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW,

UH, THREATENED TO HAVE YOU FIRED.

BUT HE--HE WAS JUST, LIKE, BLOWING OFF STEAM.

SO GETTING ME FIRED, THIS IS WHAT--

THIS IS YOUR IDEA OF A BIRTHDAY PRESENT?

I WOULD NEVER RUIN YOUR BIRTHDAY

OR BIRTHDAY GOLF FOR THAT MATTER.

CAN WE PLEASE NOT CALL IT "BIRTHDAY GOLF"?

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT MAKES ME FEEL 6.

AND BY THE WAY, IT IS SOMETHING TO WORRY ABOUT...

MY HOSPITAL--YOU KNOW, THE PLACE WHERE I WORK--

HALF THE BUILDINGS THERE ARE NAMED AFTER JIM COOPER. MY CASE HAS GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU.

WHAT? ELI, ARE YOU OKAY? YOU SEEM A LITTLE...

A LITTLE DRUNK.

ELI!

WAKE UP.

MR. STONE, ARE YOU OKAY?

EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE

WHERE AM I?

MAYBE WE SHOULD NARROW IT DOWN TO A PLANET.

NATE, COME HELP YOUR DAD.

YOU COULDN'T LAY OFF THE LIQUOR FOR ONE NIGHT?

NATE?

YOU'RE RUINING MY PARTY. IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY?

OH, DAD, YOUR BREATH. ELI, GO MAKE SOME COFFEE.

ELI?

THIS IS WHY I DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE THE PARTY AT THE HOUSE.

YOU PROMISED THIS WASN'T GONNA HAPPEN.

HELLO? DAD!

WE BETTER GET YOU CHECKED OUT.

NO, I'M JUST A LITTLE FREAKED OUT.

I WAS DAD. IT'S JUST GONNA TAKE ME A MINUTE TO RECOVER.

LET'S HOPE YOU DON'T GET HIS HANGOVER, TOO. MM.

I REMEMBER THAT BIRTHDAY. HE RUINED IT.

WELL, IT'S NOT LIKE HE RUINED IT ON PURPOSE. NO, NO.

MY 10th AND 11th BIRTHDAYS-- THOSE HE RUINED ON PURPOSE.

WHY ARE YOU DEFENDING HIM? I'M NOT-- I'M NOT DEFENDING HIM.

AND YOUR--YOUR DUTIES AS FAVORITE SON ENDED

ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO, YOU KNOW? OKAY, SOMEONE'S STILL HOLDING A GRUDGE.

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY. I'M ENTITLED. ARE YOU INSANE?

BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO REPRESENT JIM COOPER'S SON.

I FORBID IT. ARE WE STILL DOING THAT? I MEAN, WE'RE PARTNERS NOW.

DO WE GET TO FORBID?

YOU LOOK LIKE YOUR ANEURYSM'S GONNA BURST. THAT MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE FACT

THAT I'VE BEEN GETTING CALLS FROM JIM COOPER ALL WEEK.

AND EVERY TIME HE CALLS,

I ASSURE HIM THAT THIS NONSENSE IS OVER. HE'S MAKING THIS KID'S LIFE MISERABLE.

THAT'S NOT OUR CONCERN. WE'RE PARTNERS NOW, ELI.

OUR FATES ARE INTERTWINED. IF COOPER HEARS YOU UTTER

ONE MORE WORD TO HIS SON, HE'LL NOT ONLY LEAVE THE FIRM,

HE'LL LET EVERY PRESENT AND FUTURE CLIENT KNOW HE LEFT

BECAUSE HIS ATTORNEYS MEDDLED IN HIS PERSONAL LIFE,

AND THIS FIRM WILL BE DONE BEFORE IT EVEN STARTED. WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?

WHEN HE COMES IN, YOU SHAKE HIS HAND,

LOOK APPROPRIATELY HUMBLE AND APOLOGIZE TO THE MAN.

WE'RE DROPPING THIS.

HUMBLER.

ALL RIGHT.

LET'S GET THIS OVER WITH.

MR. COOPER, UM, I'M SORRY IF I HAVE SOMEHOW OFFENDED YOU.

"SOMEHOW"?

YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT WE SHARE THE SAME PRIMARY CONCERN--

YOUR SON'S WELFARE. AND YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT YOU UNDERSTAND NOTHING ABOUT THAT.

I THINK WHAT ELI'S TRYING TO SAY-- I DON'T CARE. YOU WORK FOR ME.

DO I, NOW?

I CAN MAKE SURE THE REST OF YOUR CAREER IS SPENT

TAKING COURT-APPOINTED CASES AT $75 A POP. I'M SURE YOU DON'T MEAN--

I'VE GOT IT WITHIN MY POWER TO END YOUR LITTLE VENTURE HERE

BEFORE IT EVEN GETS OFF THE GROUND,

AND IF YOU WANT TO PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING,

YOU WILL NOT ONLY REMOVE MR. STONE FROM MY SIGHT,

YOU WILL REMOVE HIM FROM THE FIRM. ANY QUESTIONS?

JUST ONE. DO YOU REMEMBER YOUR WAY BACK TO THE ELEVATOR?

THIS IS MY OFFICE, MY FIRM, MY BUILDING,

AND I WILL NOT BE SPOKEN TO LIKE THAT WITHIN ITS WALLS.

THE ONLY COOPER WE WILL BE REPRESENTING IS YOUR SON.

YOU'LL HEAR FROM MY NEW ATTORNEY LATER TODAY.

WHAT HAPPENED TO INTERTWINED FATES?

I DIDN'T ENJOY HIS TONE.

OH.

WE HAVE TO TALK. OKAY.

NOT HERE. OKAY.

YOU'RE A LITTLE BIT CRAZY. YOU KNOW THIS.

YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE?

EVERYONE'S WHISPERING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.

YOU'RE DOING IT WITHOUT THE DOOR.

SOMEONE FROM HERE PLUGGED THE LEAK AT WETHERSBY,

AND NOW THEY'RE ALL LOOKING FOR THE SNITCH. THE SNITCH? OOH, I BET IT WAS JIMMY CAGNEY.

NO, THIS IS SERIOUS. OUR LOYALTY IS BEING QUESTIONED

BECAUSE WE HAVE FRIENDS OVER THERE.

I THINK YOU'RE BEING A LITTLE PARANOID. HELLO?

YES, SHE IS.

OF COURSE.

THAT WAS POSNER. HE WANTS TO SEE US IN HIS OFFICE.

BOTH OF US? SUDDENLY? WE'RE NOT WORKING ON ANYTHING TOGETHER.

WHY DOES HE SUDDENLY NEED TO MEET WITH BOTH OF US?

MAYBE A LITTLE PARANOIA IS WARRANTED.

SCALE OF 1 TO 10, HOW SCARY IS YOUR DAD?

9. 11.

THAT AVERAGES OUT TO A 10.

THIS IS JUST A SIT-DOWN WITH HIS NEW LAWYER.

EMANCIPATION'S ACTUALLY PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.

THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY SURPRISES.

HEY, SWEETIE. HOW'S YOUR DAY GOING SO FAR?

SO WHEN I CALLED YOU TODAY AND SAID,

"WHAT'S LUNCH LOOK LIKE?" YOU DIDN'T THINK

THIS WAS WORTH BRINGING UP? I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE REPRESENTING THIS GUY.

A PHILANTHROPIST WHO'S COMMITTED TO CHANGING THE WORLD?

I KNOW. IT'S ALMOST HARD TO FATHOM. PERHAPS IF WE COULD HEAR EXACTLY WHAT J.J. IS LOOKING FOR?

YOUR NEW CLIENT HAS ALREADY HEARD.

WE WANT HIM TO AGREE THAT J.J.

WILL NOT BE FORCED INTO HIS CLINICAL TRIAL.

J.J. WILL BE PERMITTED TO STAY AT HIS GIRLFRIEND'S HOME

UNTIL HE-- SO HIS EMANCIPATION PLAN IS SHACK UP WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND?

EMANCIPATION REQUIRES THAT J.J. PROVES

HE CAN SUPPORT HIMSELF. HIS MOTHER LEFT HIM CLOSE TO $100,000

AND TITLE TO VARIOUS REAL ESTATE--

AND IF J.J.'s M.S. FLARES UP,

THAT MONEY'S GONE INSIDE A YEAR WITHOUT INSURANCE.

ENOUGH. ALL RIGHT, J.J., YOU DESPISE ME.

NOTED. NOW SAY GOOD-BYE TO YOUR NEW FRIENDS

AND LET'S GO HOME. PLEASE ADVISE YOUR CLIENT TO ADDRESS HIS COMMENTS TO COUNSEL.

THE CLINICAL TRIAL, THE SWIMMING--

WE'LL TALK ABOUT ALL OF IT AT HOME.

I KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS-- YOU TALK, I LISTEN.

IT'S A DISEASE, DAD.

THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT,

NO MATTER HOW CLOSELY YOU MANAGE MY LIFE. WE'RE NOT DOING THIS IN FRONT OF OTHER PEOPLE.

YOU'RE COMING HOME WITH ME. I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE LEFT UP TO A JUDGE.

SO...

YOU GUYS STILL VALIDATE?

HEY. HEY.

SOMETHING I CAN HELP YOU WITH? DO WE HAVE NEW STATIONERY YET?

I'M STILL USING THE OLD W.P.K. STUFF,

AND I JUST CROSS OUT THE "P" AND THE "K,"

BUT THAT'S NOT REALLY PROFESSIONAL, SO-- HEY, THERE'S ANGIE.

UM...

ANGIE! PERFECT.

ELI! I WAS HOPING I'D SEE YOU. HEY!

EH, WHAT'S UP, DOC? OH!

HUH? I NEVER GET TIRED OF SAYING THAT.

WELL, IT NEVER GETS OLD,

THOUGH YOU'D THINK IT WOULD AFTER 40 OR 50 TIMES.

I KNOW. HEY, KEITH, YOU, UH, YOU MET PATTI'S DAUGHTER?

YEAH, ACTUALLY, WE, UM-- OH! SO YOU DO REMEMBER ME.

I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT HAVE FALLEN, BUMPED YOUR HEAD, GOT AMNESIA

AND FORGOT MY NUMBER. I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU TWO KNEW EACH OTHER.

TURNS OUT WE DON'T. I THOUGHT KEITH WAS A BROTHER

WHO KNEW A THING OR TWO ABOUT FOLLOW-THROUGH,

BUT THAT'S NOT HIM AT ALL. WELL, I-I'VE BEEN MEANING TO CALL.

I'VE JUST BEEN SWAMPED HERE. YEAH. IT'S TRUE. HE WAS JUST TELLING ME

ABOUT HIS TIME-CONSUMING STATIONERY CRISIS. THERE YOU ARE! NO STEALING MY LUNCH DATE.

WOULDN'T DARE. UH, GOOD SEEING YOU AGAIN, ANGELA.

BEFORE I FORGET, DR. MELVOY CALLED. IS HE READY TO TESTIFY TOMORROW?

FROM ST. THOMAS? HE'S ON VACATION FOR A MONTH.

HE'S LIKE THE THIRD EXPERT TO FLY THE COOP.

MORE LIKE THE COOP-ER.

YOU MESS WITH THE BULL, ELI, YOU GET THE HORNS.

IF I DON'T FIND SOMEONE WITH "M.D." AFTER THEIR NAME

TO TESTIFY THAT J.J. CAN LIVE ON HIS OWN,

HE HAS TO GO BACK TO DADDY DEAREST.

WELL, IF YOU CAN WAIT THREE MORE YEARS, YOU CAN HAVE THIS ONE.

PREGNANCY AGREES WITH YOU.

SEND OUT AN OFFICE-WIDE E-MAIL, WHY DON'T YOU?

YOU HAVEN'T TOLD MR. DOWD YET, I'M GUESSING.

MATT THINKS MY MORNING SICKNESS IS FOOD POISONING.

HE KEEPS THREATENING RESTAURANTS WITH LAWSUITS.

IF ONLY THERE WERE AN ALTERNATIVE

TO LYING TO THE FATHER OF YOUR UNBORN CHILD.

YOU HAVE TO TELL HIM SOMETIME, SWEETHEART.

I'M JUST WAITING FOR THE RIGHT TIME.

AND THAT WOULD BE WHEN, WHEN HE NOTICES YOUR BABY BUMP?

ALL RIGHT, FINE. DON'T LISTEN TO YOUR FATHER.

LISTEN TO YOUR BOSS.

YOU'RE LITIGATING A HIGH-STAKES, HIGH-PROFILE CASE.

MY PREGNANCY IS NOT AFFECTING MY WORK.

TO EVEN BRING IT UP IS ACTIONABLE. IT'S NOT THE PREGNANCY.

IT'S THE FACT THAT YOU'RE CONCEALING IT

FROM THE FATHER OF THE BABY WHO HAPPENS TO BE OPPOSING COUNSEL. WHICH IS IRRELEVANT.

YOU KNOW IT'S NOT. I NEED YOU AT 110%.

AND WHEN YOU WALK INTO COURT, LOOK ACROSS THE AISLE

AND SEE MR. DOWD, CAN YOU HONESTLY TELL ME

YOU WON'T BE WONDERING, "DOES HE KNOW? SHOULD I TELL HIM?"

NO.

IT'S NOT FAIR TO THE CLIENT, NOT FAIR TO THE FIRM.

AND YES, THIS IS YOUR FATHER SPEAKING AGAIN.

IT'S NOT FAIR TO MR. DOWD--

TO MATT.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

I'LL--I'LL TELL HIM THIS AFTERNOON.

WELL, WE KNEW IT WOULD HAPPEN EVENTUALLY.

IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF TIME

BEFORE WE WENT UP AGAINST OUR EX-COWORKERS. MATT--

GRANTED, IT'S TAYLOR AND ELI, BUT WE KNOW THEM INTIMATELY.

WELL, HALF INTIMATELY. DID YOU AND STONE EVER... I HAVE TO TELL YOU.

I PLUGGED THE LEAK.

IS THAT A EUPHEMISM?

LAST WEEK... I GAVE ELI THE NAME OF THE GUY

WHO WAS SPILLING ALL THAT INSIDE INFO TO OUR FIRM.

IDIOT.

IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO! NO, NOT YOU. ME.

I THOUGHT POSNER GAVE US THIS CASE AS A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE.

HE GAVE IT TO US AS A TEST OF OUR LOYALTY.

WELL, I TOLD YOU THEY WERE...

WHAT?

WHAT IS SHE DOING HERE?

LOOK, WE WIN THE CASE, WE PASS THE TEST.

SIMPLE.

HEY, YOU.

HEY.

WHAT, YOU DON'T WANT TO BE SEEN KISSING THE ENEMY?

WHAT? NO. WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

I BROUGHT YOU SOME DISCOVERY-- J.J.'s SCHOOL RECORDS.

THINGS MUST REALLY BE TIGHT OVER THERE

IF YOU GUYS ARE CUTTING BACK ON COURIER SERVICE NOW.

I THOUGHT MAYBE WE COULD TALK. LIKE ABOUT HOW YOU TALKED SOME SENSE INTO YOUR CLIENT?

EXCUSE ME? COME ON, TAYLOR, THIS IS A GRUDGE MATCH

BETWEEN YOUR FATHER AND COOPER. THE KID IS 16, AND HE'S SICK.

HE'S GOT NO BUSINESS TRYING TO EMANCIPATE.

RIGHT, BECAUSE IT COULDN'T POSSIBLY BE THAT THE FATHER

IS A CONTROLLING BULLY WHO TREATS HIS SON

LIKE A DAMAGED PIECE OF EXPENSIVE FURNITURE.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

THE GUY BUILT A WHOLE LABORATORY DOWNTOWN FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE

OF FINDING A CURE FOR HIS SON.

WHEN I'M A DAD, I HOPE I'M THAT KIND OF A BULLY.

YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU'RE RIGHT.

I SHOULD'VE SENT A COURIER.

OKAY.

I NEED SOMETHING FROM YOU.

OH. IMAGINE MY SURPRISE. IT'S NOT LIKE YOU EVER

STOP BY JUST TO SAY HI. I THINK YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE MY MEDICAL EXPERT

IN THE J.J. COOPER CASE. ELI, YOU SAID YOU WERE GONNA KEEP ME OUT OF THIS.

YOU SAID THIS CASE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH ME. I MIGHT HAVE BEEN WRONG ABOUT THAT.

MY VISION THE OTHER DAY-- HOW HAPPY DO YOU THINK MY HOSPITAL IS WITH ME RIGHT NOW?

I'M THE GUY WHO HELPED YOU SUE THE HOSPITAL LAST YEAR

AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD LAST MONTH. AND YOU WERE RIGHT BOTH TIMES.

YOU'RE CHANGING PEOPLE'S LIVES, NATE. AT THE EXPENSE OF MY OWN.

MY VISION THE OTHER DAY-- I-I WAS AT YOUR 12th BIRTHDAY

AS DAD, OKAY? J.J. IS SUING HIS DAD.

I'M NOT SURE THAT BRINGING DAD INTO THIS

IS THE WAY YOU WANT TO GO HERE. YOU KNOW HOW THIS WORKS, NATE. I WOULDN'T ASK YOU TO DO THIS

UNLESS I BELIEVED THAT SOMEONE WAS ASKING ME TO.

ACCORDING TO HIS MEDICAL RECORDS,

J.J. IS ASYMPTOMATIC.

WHICH IN LAYMAN'S TERMS MEANS...

THAT HE HASN'T HAD AN M.S. EPISODE,

UH, SINCE THE ONE THAT LED TO HIS DIAGNOSIS A YEAR AGO,

AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, HIS M.R.I.s CONTINUE TO SHOW

NO SIGNIFICANT LESIONS ALONG HIS SPINAL CORD OR BRAIN STEM.

AND IF HE DOES DEVELOP SYMPTOMS?

WELL, ODDS ARE THEY WOULD BE MINOR--UH, TREMORS, FATIGUE.

M.S. IS A PROGRESSIVE DISEASE,

AND THAT'S WHAT THESE M.R.I.s TRACK--

THE PROGRESS OF THE DISEASE.

NOW FORTUNATELY, J.J.'s M.R.I.s

SEEM TO INDICATE THAT IT'S VERY SLOW. AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN

IN TERMS OF HIS PETITION TO BECOME AN EMANCIPATED MINOR?

WELL, MEDICALLY SPEAKING, IT'S IRRELEVANT.

THERE ARE 400,000 AMERICANS LIVING WITH M.S.,

AND MANAGEMENT OF THE DISEASE

IS THE SAME WHETHER YOU'RE 16 OR 60.

EXCEPT A 60-YEAR-OLD CAN DRIVE,

VOTE, DRINK, JOIN THE ARMY.

WE'LL STIPULATE THERE ARE DIFFERENCES

BETWEEN MINORS AND ADULTS.

THAT'S KIND OF WHY WE'RE ALL HERE. MOTOR DYSFUNCTION, PARALYSIS--

AREN'T THOSE SYMPTOMS OF M.S. THAT CAN GET WORSE

WITHOUT ANY REMISSION? YEAH, BUT J.J. HAS YET TO SHOW ANY SIGNS OF THOSE SYMPTOMS.

AND YOU'RE BASING THAT ON A THOROUGH EXAMINATION?

I'VE REVIEWED HIS RECORDS EXTENSIVELY.

WELL, HE'S GOT DOCTORS WHO'VE ACTUALLY EXAMINED HIM...

EXTENSIVELY.

JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, WHY DO YOU SUPPOSE

J.J.'s OWN DOCTORS SAY HE IS DEFINITIVELY BETTER OFF

UNDER HIS FATHER'S CARE?

EVEN AT THE BEST HOSPITALS...

MONEY BUYS INFLUENCE.

AND DOCTORS TEND TO TELL JIM COOPER

WHAT JIM COOPER WANTS TO HEAR. OBJECTION--

ASSUMING FACTS NOT IN EVIDENCE AND GENERALLY PARANOID.

SUSTAINED. LET ME ASK YOU DIRECTLY-- IS IT POSSIBLE

THAT J.J. COULD SUFFER AN M.S. FLARE-UP TOMORROW

THAT COULD SO DISABLE HIM, HE COULDN'T CARE FOR HIMSELF? IT'S NOT LIKELY.

EXCEPT I ASKED IF IT WAS POSSIBLE.

ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.

MAYBE THAT'S WHY THE LAW GENERALLY FAVORS

KIDS STAYING WITH THEIR PARENTS.

KEITH, YOU HAVE A MINUTE?

I REALLY NEED TO FILE A MOTION.

I'M REALLY NOT ONE TO INTERFERE

IN MY DAUGHTER'S PERSONAL LIFE--

GUESS THAT DEPENDS ON WHETHER YOU CONSIDER

THREATENING TO SHANK ME WITH A BUTTER KNIFE "INTERFERING."

FAIR ENOUGH. BUT YOU DID TAKE HER TO DINNER,

AND THERE WAS NO BUTTER KNIFE SHANKING. YEAH, I WAS HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

I REALLY GOTTA DO THAT THING WITH THE MOTION.

AH! WHY HAVEN'T YOU CALLED MY DAUGHTER?

I'VE JUST BEEN SO SLAMMED. I--YOU KNOW, UH...

TELL ME THE TRUTH.

REALLY, I-I'VE JUST BEEN SLAMMED.

BUT I'LL CALL HER.

I WILL.

ELI, CAN WE TALK?

UM, IS IT SOMETHING THAT CAN WAIT

UNTIL AFTER MATT AND MAGGIE KICK MY ASS IN COURT?

NOT REALLY. IT'S ABOUT ANGELA.

IS SHE OKAY? OH, SHE'S FINE. BUT I WAS TALKING TO KEITH

ABOUT HER, AND I THINK SHE'S HIDING SOMETHING.

YOU KNOW I'M HALF PSYCHIC. YEAH? WHICH HALF?

WHAT?

I SAID, WHICH HALF OF YOU IS PSYCHIC?

ELI, HAVE YOU BEEN DRINKING?

COME ON!

OH, I'M GONNA GET YOU SOME ASPIRIN. DRINK SOME WATER. ELI! HUH?

DRINK THE WATER.

AH, WATCH OUT

DAD? YOU MIGHT GET WHAT YOU'RE AFTER

DAD, WAKE UP. COOL BABIES

STRANGE BUT NOT A STRANGER

I'M AN ORDINARY GUY

BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE UH, WHAT HAPPENED?

YOU WERE TRYING TO READ ME SOMETHING IN YOUR BOOK,

AND THEN YOU PASSED OUT.

WAIT TILL THE PARTY'S OVER

HOLD TIGHT

UM...

WHAT'S GOING ON?

WHERE'S THE CAKE? UH, THE CAKE?

YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO PICK UP THE BIRTHDAY CAKE.

PERFECT. FIRST YOU SCARE THE CRAP OUT OF MY FRIENDS

BY PASSING OUT IN FRONT OF 'EM, AND NOW YOU FORGET THE CAKE?

THERE'S STILL TIME. HE CAN STILL GET A CAKE. RIGHT, DAD?

YEAH, SURE. EVERYONE'S GOING HOME!

STOP YELLING AT HIM. HE JUST WANTED TO SHOW ME SOMETHING.

YOU MEAN THIS?

WHAT THE HELL IS SO IMPORTANT ABOUT A CRAPPY NOTEBOOK?

I-I NEED TO SEE THAT. "DEAR ELI...

"REMEMBER THIS, ELI. ELI'S GIFT." HIS GIFT!

YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU SHOULD HAVE JUST PRETENDED

IT WAS ELI'S BIRTHDAY.

THEN MAYBE YOU WOULD HAVE REMEMBERED THE CAKE.

IT'S GONE, ELI.

ARE YOU SURE?

YOU THREW THE JOURNAL INTO A FLAMING BARBECUE.

YEAH, I'M PRETTY SURE. I DON'T KNOW. I JUST THOUGHT THAT MAYBE AFTER I LEFT,

YOU KNOW, PART OF THE BOOK SURVIVED.

YOU WERE RIGHT TO GET RID OF IT, BRO.

IT'S DANGEROUS TO KNOW TOO MUCH.

BUT NOW I DON'T KNOW THE THINGS I'M SUPPOSED TO KNOW.

THIS LATEST VISION WAS ABOUT THE BOOK.

MY DAD WAS OBVIOUSLY WRITING SOMETHING PRETTY IMPORTANT

IN THERE, AND I COULDN'T READ IT.

WELL, WHAT DO YOU THINK GOD'S TRYING TO TELL YOU?

I DON'T KNOW. IT'S LIKE HE'S TEASING ME WITH THESE VISIONS.

THEY'RE GETTING MORE AND MORE OBLIQUE.

ELI, LAST WEEK HE TOLD YOU DON'T MESS AROUND WITH JIM.

HE SUNG IT TO YOU. IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN CLEARER.

AND YOU CHOSE TO DEFY HIM. OKAY, TRUE.

BUT HE ALSO SENT THE BURNING BUILDING VISION,

AND THAT ONE WENT NOWHERE. GIVE IT TIME, ELI. WE'RE ON HIS SCHEDULE.

HE'S NOT ON OURS.

HEY, JACK.

MR. DOWD... BEARING GIFTS.

TOKENS OF MY APPRECIATION FOR YOUR AMAZING DAUGHTER.

DELIVERED IN PERSON, NO LESS.

I'M SURE YOU HEARD ABOUT OUR L-LITTLE...

I HAVE.

I FIGURED IT'S THE LEAST I CAN DO.

LET ME BE THE FIRST TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS.

WHAT FATHER DOESN'T HARBOR THE DREAM OF ONE DAY

BEING A GRANDFATHER? HUH?

OH, DEAR GOD. OH, MY GOD.

OKAY, SO TO RECAP, YOU'RE SAYING TAYLOR IS--

YOU--YOU DIDN'T KNOW? NOT SO MUCH, NO.

THIS IS NOT HOW YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO FIND OUT. YOU THINK?

IT'S JUST SHE TOLD ME SHE WAS GOING TO TELL YOU,

AND NOW YOU'RE HERE CARRYING GIFTS,

AND THAT'S A BEAR, FOR GOD'S SAKE!

IT'S AN APOLOGY BEAR FOR PISSING HER OFF EARLIER TODAY.

IT APPEARS I'LL BE NEEDING THE NAME OF YOUR FLORIST.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU'VE DONE?

THE BOARD IS FURIOUS. DOCTORS IN THIS HOSPITAL TESTIFY IN CASES ALL THE TIME.

NOT AGAINST ITS BIGGEST DONOR. I THOUGHT THAT MONEY JUST BOUGHT HIM HIS NAME

ON THE SIDE OF A BUILDING, NOT THE RIGHT TO BULLY

AND INTIMIDATE. NO ONE HAS BEEN BULLIED OR INTIMIDATED.

THEN WHAT'S THIS LITTLE CHAT WE'RE HAVING NOW? IT'S A FRIENDLY WARNING.

FRANK.

IS ELI OKAY? YEAH. THIS IS ABOUT HIS CASE.

I GAVE MY POUND OF FLESH THIS MORNING.

YOU NEED TO GO BACK TOMORROW.

ELI DOESN'T KNOW IT, BUT YOU DO.

YOU GOT A TAROT CARD THAT SAYS SO?

IT'S IN THE BOOK.

MY FATHER'S BOOK?

THE BOOK THAT ELI TOLD ME HE BURNED?

I CAME TO TELL YOU IN CONFIDENCE.

YOU NEED TO GO BACK.

YOUR DAD WANTED YOU IN THAT COURTROOM TOMORROW.

IF I GET SICK--SICKER-- I'VE GOT A SUPPORT SYSTEM--

FRIENDS, DOCTORS,

MY COACH AND HIS FAMILY,

UM, MY GIRLFRIEND JEN AND HERS--

NONE OF THOSE PEOPLE IS YOUR FATHER.

RIGHT--MY FATHER,

WHO OFFERED MY GIRLFRIEND $25,000 TO LEAVE ME ALONE.

HE SAID THAT SHE WAS A DISTRACTION

FROM MY GETTING WELL.

MY FATHER WHO--WHO FILLED IN OUR SWIMMING POOL

WHEN I SAID THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO BE

A PART OF HIS CLINICAL STUDY. IF I STAY WITH HIM,

THE ONLY THING I'D HAVE LEFT IS M.S.

YOUR HONOR, I'D LIKE PERMISSION

TO ALLOW MR. COOPER TO ENGAGE THIS WITNESS DIRECTLY ON CROSS.

OBJECTION! EXCUSE ME?

YOUR HONOR, THERE IS PRECEDENT FOR THIS.

ON "JUDGE JUDY," MAYBE. MR. COOPER WOULD MERELY BE EXERCISING HIS RIGHT

TO SELF-REPRESENTATION. WHICH IS A LITTLE DIFFICULT,

SINCE HE'S NOT REPRESENTING HIMSELF.

KNOCK IT OFF. NO ONE YELLS IN HERE BUT ME.

YOU, GIRLIE. GO.

IF J.J. WANTS YOU TO DECLARE HIM AN ADULT,

HE SHOULD AT LEAST DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY

TO WITHSTAND A QUESTION OR TWO FROM HIS FATHER.

YOUR HONOR, THIS IS SUCH A BLATANT STUNT.

SHE SHOULD BE DRESSED AS EVEL KNIEVEL. MY COURT, MY DISCRETION, MR. STONE.

HOW YOU FEELING, JIMMY?

READY FOR THIS TO BE OVER?

YES, SIR.

YOUR SWIM COACH,

YOUR GIRLFRIEND'S FAMILY...

DO YOU REALLY THINK ANY OF THEM CARE ABOUT YOU AS MUCH AS I DO?

YOU CARE TOO MUCH, DAD.

WHEN YOU'RE A FATHER,

YOU'LL SEE THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE.

MOM DIDN'T THINK SO.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT I KEPT YOUR MOTHER ALIVE

SIX MONTHS LONGER THAN ANY DOCTOR SAID SHE WOULD LIVE? AND SHE HATED EVERY MINUTE OF IT,

AND SHE HATED YOU.

YOU NEED TO LET ME GO, DAD.

I... I CAN TAKE CARE OF MYSELF. ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE WEEK I WAS IN JAPAN.

YOU STAYED WITH YOUR COACH--

CAN WE BE DONE? I WANT TO BE DONE. YOUR HONOR?

I GOT A PHONE CALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT

FROM AN EMERGENCY ROOM THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY.

WHY WERE YOU THERE? IT WAS AN ACCIDENT.

THREE PAINKILLERS IS AN ACCIDENT.

YOU TAKE 12, AND IT'S SOMETHING ELSE.

THAT WAS ONE NIGHT. I'D JUST BEEN DIAGNOSED.

YOU GOT SCARED. I GET IT. YOU PANICKED.

DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT YOU SAID TO ME

WHEN YOU GOT ON THE PHONE? THIS IS HEARSAY AND COMPLETELY INHUMANE.

YOU SAID, "WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME ALONE, DAD?

I CAN'T BE ALONE." DO SOMETHING.

YOU DON'T LIKE ME? THAT'S FINE. YOU'RE HARDLY THE FIRST

16-YEAR-OLD WHO HATES HIS FATHER.

BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU CAN TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF

WHEN YOU CAN'T. YOUR HONOR, YOU CAN HOLD ME IN CONTEMPT IF YOU WANT,

BUT I'M TAKING MY CLIENT OFF THE STAND RIGHT NOW. MY CLIENT ISN'T FINISHED.

YES, HE IS! WELL? ARE WE DONE HERE,

OR AM I GONNA SEE THE INSIDE OF A CELL? WE'LL TAKE A SHORT RECESS.

OPEN COURT, MAGGIE. REAL NICE.

THAT WAS THE MOST DISGUSTING THING

I'VE EVER SEEN IN OPEN COURT. HOW THE HELL COULD YOU SIGN OFF ON THAT?

SIGN OFF ON IT? IT WAS MY IDEA! DON'T BE SO SURPRISED THINGS GOT A LITTLE MESSY.

OH! SAVE THE RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION.

YOU WOULD'VE DONE THE SAME THING. I WOULD NEVER SUBJECT A KID

TO THAT KIND OF PUBLIC HUMILIATION! WELL, AT LEAST YOU'RE ADMITTING HE'S A KID.

IT WAS UNFAIR SURPRISE, THE TEXTBOOK DEFINITION! WELL, YOU'D BE THE EXPERT.

WHAT THE HELL IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN? I DON'T KNOW. HOW ABOUT YOU PREGNANT WITH MY KID?

I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU. TAYLOR, THAT'S AMAZING.

YOU KNOW WHAT? NOT SO AMAZING WHEN YOU'RE THE FATHER

AND YOU FIND OUT ABOUT IT FROM YOUR EX-BOSS. I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIND THE RIGHT MOMENT TO TELL YOU.

SURE, LIKE, UH, WHEN HE, UH, WAS BORN

OR TOOK HIS FIRST STEPS OR GOT INTO COLLEGE!

ELI--

OH, WE'RE DONE HERE, COUNSELOR.

DID YOU SEE IT?

MAGGIE EMBRACING THE DARK SIDE? YEAH, FRONT-ROW SEAT. NO, NO. J.J.

WHEN HE WAS ON THE STAND, HE WAS SHAKING. OF COURSE HE WAS SHAKING.

HIS DAD WAS GOING AFTER HIM IN OPEN COURT. NO, HE WAS SHAKING, ELI.

HIS HAND.

THERE WAS A TREMOR.

WHEN SOMETHING IS WRONG

WITH MY BABY

SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH ME

IT'S KIND OF IRONIC.

FIRST YOU'RE PISSED I DON'T CALL,

THEN YOU IGNORE ME WHEN I DO.

YOUR MOM TOLD ME WHERE TO FIND YOU.

I'M SORRY I-I WENT RADIO SILENT.

THERE'S SOMETHING I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT.

IS THAT SAM & DAVE?

I LOVE THIS SONG.

DON'T PRETEND YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SAM & DAVE.

PLEASE. SAM MOORE AND DAVE PRATER--

THE REAL BLUES BROTHERS.

THAT MUSIC GOT ME THROUGH THE BAR EXAM.

...AS ONE, AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT BETTER

GROWING UP, I USED TO DANCE.

NOW WHEN I'M STRESSED,

I PUT THESE BROTHERS ON, AND I JUST MOVE.

WHOA-OA-OA!

BABY

SOMETHING IS WRONG

WITH ME

UM...

I'M--I'M SORRY, ANGELA. WE--WE REALLY NEED TO TALK.

THAT'S NEVER A GOOD CONVERSATION STARTER.

HMM.

SHE MEANS TO ME NOW

A-AFTER YOUR D.U.I. WAS DROPPED,

I GOT A CALL FROM THE A.D.A.

YOUR BLOOD WORK CAME BACK

POSITIVE FOR COCAINE.

I-I'M AFRAID YOU MIGHT HAVE A PROBLEM.

WHAT? TOO MUCH SAM & DAVE WHILE YOU WERE IN LAW SCHOOL?

YOU FORGET INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY?

I'M NOT ACCUSING YOU OF ANYTHING.

NO, THE D.A. WAS.

YOU WERE JUST TOO HAPPY TO BELIEVE HER.

ANGELA, IT'S NOT LIKE THAT. LISTEN, I KNOW SOME FOLKS--

AMOXICILLIN--THE ANTIBIOTIC.

ANY FIRST-YEAR MED STUDENT WILL TELL YOU

THAT TAKING THIS WILL GIVE YOU A FALSE POSITIVE FOR COCAINE.

I HAVE AN EAR INFECTION,

NOT A DRUG PROBLEM.

I'M SORRY, ANGELA. A-ANGELA! I'M SORRY!

NOT MORE THAN ME.

SOMETHING IS WRONG

J.J. HAS AT LEAST TWO COMPLETE LESIONS

ALONG HIS BRAIN STEM.

YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF LESIONS AND THE SIZE--

THEY COULDN'T HAVE FORMED OVERNIGHT. HE GETS A NEW M.R.I. EVERY FEW WEEKS,

AND NO ONE SPOTTED ANY OF THIS? WELL, ACTUALLY, I THINK THEY DID.

I LOOKED AT ALL OF J.J.'s OLD M.R.I.s,

AND I THINK THEY STOPPED FILING NEW ONES ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO.

INSTEAD, SOMEONE SIMPLY COPIED AN OLD M.R.I.

FROM WHEN HE WAS ASYMPTOMATIC

AND FILED IT WITH A NEW DATE REPEATEDLY.

SO THEY COULD CLAIM HE WAS ASYMPTOMATIC?

AND THE RECORDS WOULD BACK 'EM UP.

IT'S GETTING WORSE, ISN'T IT?

YOU KNEW?

I FIGURED, WHEN YOU ASKED ME TO STOP BY.

MY DAD KEPT TELLING ME I WAS FINE.

FOR MONTHS I FELT TIRED AND...

ALL OVER NOW. NATE, COULD YOU GIVE US A MINUTE?

HEY, NOTHING'S OVER, OKAY?

PEOPLE LIVE LONG, FULL LIVES WITH THIS DISEASE.

THEY MANAGE IT.

THEY DON'T QUALIFY FOR THE OLYMPICS.

I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH.

YOU FEEL LIKE YOU LOST CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE, MM?

THE DAY MY ANEURYSM WAS DIAGNOSED,

I-I WENT BACK TO MY APARTMENT,

AND IN THE MAIL WERE ALL THESE BILLS, MAGAZINES.

THAT WAS THE MOST TERRIFYING PART.

UH, YOU KNOW, I WAS DYING, BUT THE WORLD KEPT GOING

LIKE NOTHING HAD CHANGED.

WHAT DID YOU DO?

I PAID THE BILLS.

YOU EVER STOP BEING SCARED?

NO.

BUT I DON'T STOP LIVING, EITHER.

THAT'S WHAT LIFE IS.

YOU JUST--YOU GOTTA KEEP MOVING FORWARD,

EVEN WHEN YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS SOME BAD STUFF WAITING FOR YOU

YEARS OR WEEKS, MAYBE DAYS, DOWN THE ROAD.

YOU KEEP MOVING FORWARD.

'CAUSE EVEN WHEN YOU THINK YOU KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN,

IT DOESN'T ALWAYS.

THAT'S WHAT HOPE IS MADE OF.

STILL NOT SURE WHAT I'M DOING HERE.

YEAH, IN A MINUTE YOU'RE GONNA BE NOSTALGIC FOR THAT FEELING.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? J.J.'s MEDICAL FILES--

FRAUDULENT ONE ON THE LEFT, REAL ONE ON THE RIGHT. OH, MY GOD.

WAIT A MINUTE. FRAUDULENT? THIS LOOKS LIKE HIS M.S. HAS ADVANCED.

BECAUSE IT HAS. YOU SAW THIS?

WE'RE NO LONGER IN COURT. DO NOT ADDRESS MY CLIENT. I CAN'T BE HERE.

I WANT TO TALK TO MY SON. SIT DOWN!

FAKE M.R.I.s. HOW DO YOU FAKE AN M.R.I.?

IT HELPS TO HAVE BIG CHUNKS OF A HOSPITAL

WITH YOUR NAME ON THEM. YOU FIGURED OUT WHY YOU'RE HERE YET?

WHY WOULDN'T YOU TELL YOUR SON HE'S GETTING WORSE? HE DID NOT WANT TO JEOPARDIZE HIS CLINICAL TRIAL.

THIS WAS NEVER ABOUT MONEY. YEAH, WELL, MAYBE NOT FOR YOU,

BUT FOR THE HOSPITAL, IT SURE AS HELL WAS.

I SPENT A YEAR OF MY LIFE-- A YEAR OF J.J.'s LIFE--

PUSHING THAT CLINICAL TRIAL THROUGH THE F.D.A.

USING HIM, YOUR OWN SON, AS A PROP,

YOUR--YOUR EMOTIONAL POSTER CHILD. WHICH IS WHY YOU NEEDED TO HIDE HIS SYMPTOMS,

BECAUSE UNDER F.D.A GUIDELINES,

IT WOULD HAVE DISQUALIFIED HIM FROM THE STUDY.

I DID IT FOR HIM... TO CURE HIM.

I'M GONNA ADVISE YOU TO STOP TALKING.

SO WHAT DO WE DO HERE? WELL, FIRST OF ALL, YOU'RE GONNA AGREE TO J.J.'s EMANCIPATION,

AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA CUT HIM A SIZABLE CHECK TO COVER

HIS LIVING EXPENSES AND MEDICAL COSTS. AND YOU'RE GONNA GO TO THE HOSPITAL,

AND YOU'RE GONNA CLEAN HOUSE-- UNLESS YOU WANT ME TO GO

TO THE D.A. WITH A LIST OF THE LAWS THAT YOU'VE BROKEN.

I'LL...

TALK TO THE BOARD.

HI.

I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS A BREAKTHROUGH

IN THE COOPER CASE. I'M NOT HERE ABOUT THE COOPER CASE.

I SPECIFICALLY ASKED YOU NOT TO SAY ANYTHING TO MATT. THERE WAS A CHOCOLATE BEAR!

MAYBE YOU DID ME A FAVOR.

THIS WAY, I GOT THE DISASTER OVER WITH.

WAS IT REALLY THAT BAD? IT WASN'T PRETTY.

WHAT KIND OF MAN WOULD HE BE IF HE WASN'T UPSET

THAT YOU KEPT THIS FROM HIM? ARE YOU SURE THAT'S HOW YOU WANT TO GO HERE?

YOU HAD MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME IN WHICH TO TELL HIM.

WHY DIDN'T YOU?

WHEN ELI AND I BROKE UP, I NEEDED...

I NEEDED SOMEONE WHO WASN'T ELI.

I DON'T KNOW ANYONE WHO FITS THAT DESCRIPTION

BETTER THAN MATT, BUT HE WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO BE

ANYTHING MORE THAN A BREAK,

A RELATIONSHIP PALATE-CLEANSER.

THINGS HAVE CHANGED.

YEAH.

JUST WHEN I THINK THIS JOB CAN'T GET ANY HARDER,

I HAVE TO HELP A KID PROCESS THE FACT

THAT HIS LIFE HAS JUST VANISHED OUT FROM UNDER HIM.

IT'S A CALLING. WHAT?

YOU CALLED IT A JOB. IT'S A CALLING.

WELL, SOMETIMES THAT'S WHAT IT FEELS LIKE--

A REALLY IMPORTANT JOB WITH A BOSS WHO EVERYONE ELSE

THINKS IS GREAT,

BUT I CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHERE HE'S TAKING THE COMPANY. I THOUGHT YOU'D EMBRACED

THE MASTER PLAN OF IT ALL A LITTLE MORE, ELI.

AND I HAVE. I'M TRYING TO BE A GOOD SOLDIER.

EXCEPT FOR WHEN YOU WEREN'T-- MESSING AROUND WITH JIM

WHEN GOD SPECIFICALLY TOLD YOU NOT TO. WELL, TURNS OUT THAT'S A LITTLE UNCLEAR.

I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO MESS AROUND WITH JIM,

BUT I WON THE CASE ANYWAY, BOTH OF 'EM--

COOPER'S AND J...

J.J.'s.

WHAT?

J.J.--JAMES JUNIOR.

JIM JUNIOR, AS IN, "DON'T MESS AROUND WITH."

MY VISION LAST WEEK-- I MUST HAVE MISSED SOMETHING.

I-I NEED TO SEE IT AGAIN, FRANK. LIE BACK ON THE TABLE.

HEY! HEY, YOU!

YOU'VE GOTTA GET OUT OF THERE!

J.J.!

WHAT DID YOU SEE?

HELLO, MRS. PHILLIPS? HI. UH, MY NAME IS ELI STONE.

I'M J.J.'s LAWYER. UM, I NEED TO SPEAK WITH HIM.

I WAS HOPING HE WAS WITH JEN. HOW LONG HAS HE BEEN MISSING?

CALL 9-1-1.

J.J.!

J.J.! HEY. LOOK AT ME! LOOK AT ME!

HEY! WE GOTTA GET OUTTA HERE!

NOW, OKAY?

COME ON, THIS WAY! COME ON, LET'S GO!

I DIDN'T THINK IT...

I DIDN'T THINK THE FIRE WOULD SPREAD SO FAST.

I DON'T THINK THAT WAS THE PROBLEM

SO MUCH AS STARTING THE FIRE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

WHAT WERE YOU DOING?

WERE--WERE YOU TRYING TO HURT YOURSELF?

I DON'T KNOW HOW I ENDED UP THERE.

I WAS WALKING AND THINKING...

HE TOOK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN MY WHOLE LIFE AWAY FROM ME.

AND YOU WANTED TO DO THE SAME TO HIM?

WHAT HAPPENS NOW?

YOU'RE GONNA TALK TO A GUY-- PSYCHIATRIST.

THERE AREN'T GONNA BE ANY CHARGES FILED.

DAD USED HIS INFLUENCE AGAIN?

MR. CONTROL FREAK.

MAYBE HE TRIES TO CONTROL WHAT AND WHO HE CARES ABOUT.

WHAT, ARE YOU ON HIS SIDE NOW?

THE COURT SAYS YOU'RE AN ADULT NOW, J.J.

YOU WANT TO BE AN ADULT?

YOU GOTTA REALIZE THAT THERE AREN'T ANY SIDES.

IT'S JUST PEOPLE.

YOU GOT SOME CHALLENGES AHEAD OF YOU.

YOU MIGHT NOT THINK THAT YOU NEED YOUR DAD,

BUT ONE DAY YOU MIGHT WANT HIM.

AND WHEN YOU DO, YOU DON'T WANT IT TO BE TOO LATE.

HEY, THANKS.

MAYBE I'M A JERK.

WELL, MAYBE I'M A COWARD.

WE JUST NEED TO FIGURE THIS-- CAN WE TALK?

LADIES FIRST.

LOOK, I SHOULD'VE TOLD YOU, BUT I WAS AFRAID,

YOU KNOW, OF THIS CONVERSATION,

TALKING ABOUT US, YOU KNOW.

LET'S BE HONEST, MATT. WHAT WE HAVE IS TEMPORARY--

A 10-MONTH ONE-NIGHT STAND.

WHAT WERE YOU GONNA SAY? I WAS GONNA SAY LET'S GET MARRIED.

IS THAT A JOKE? MAYBE. DID YOU THINK IT WAS FUNNY?

I NEVER THOUGHT THIS WAS TEMPORARY,

A ONE-NIGHT THING, EVEN WHEN WE HAD OUR ONE-NIGHT THING.

YOU MADE ME WANT MORE.

YOU'RE STILL DOIN' IT.

OH.

THE BABY...

OUR BABY DOESN'T CHANGE THAT.

AND... THE MARRIAGE PROPOSAL?

OKAY, THAT WAS PROBABLY A LITTLE BABY-RELATED.

BUT, UM, THE REST OF IT,

UH...

TAYLOR, I JUST WANT TO BE WITH YOU

AS A COUPLE IN A RELATIONSHIP,

AND ALL THE REST OF IT.

YOU KNOW, WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT AS WE GO.

OKAY.

EXCUSE ME. EXCUSE ME.

UH, I'M LOOKING FOR ANGELA SCOTT. ANGIE'S NOT ON TONIGHT.

SHE SAID IF YOU SEE A GUY THAT LOOKS LIKE ME,

THAT'S WHAT YOU SAY, RIGHT? NO, REALLY, SHE'S NOT HERE.

I JUST WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO HER.

I WAS AN ASS, AND I JUST STOPPED BY TO TELL HER THAT.

LOOK, UM, YOU SEEM LIKE A NICE GUY,

AND ANGIE CAN REALLY USE A FRIEND RIGHT NOW.

ANGIE HASN'T BEEN HERE IN WEEKS.

SHE WAS SUSPENDED.

THOUGHT YOU MIGHT BE BY.

AND I THOUGHT THAT ELI BURNED MY DAD'S JOURNAL.

YEAH, HE DID. IT'S ASH, DUDE.

SO HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN COURT?

WHAT, DID YOU USE SOME MYSTIC EASTERN POWER TO REANIMATE IT?

YEAH. IT'S CALLED... KINKO'S.

UH-HUH. I PUT A COPY AWAY.

DOES ELI KNOW?

THERE'S STUFF IN THERE ELI'S NOT READY TO SEE.

YOU CAN'T TELL HIM, NATE.

WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT ME? THE JOURNAL?

YEAH, LOOK, I KNOW THAT ELI'S THE ONE WITH THE GIFT,

THE MISSION, BUT IT IS AFFECTING MY LIFE, TOO--

MY CAREER, MY JOB.

I JUST--I FEEL...

LOST.

SO YEAH, YEAH. I WANT TO KNOW.

WHAT HAPPENS TO THE BROTHER OF THE PROPHET?

THIS WAS IN THE JOURNAL.

DEAR NATHAN, I'M WRITING TO YOU

BECAUSE I DON'T THINK YOU'D HEAR ME RIGHT NOW

IF WE TRIED TO TALK,

AND I DON'T HAVE THE GUTS TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH

ABOUT ME, ABOUT WHAT I CAN SEE...

ABOUT ELI...

AND ABOUT YOU.

THIS IS HARD TO EXPLAIN,

WHICH IS PROBABLY WHY I'M WRITING INSTEAD OF SAYING IT.

BUT YOU'RE GOING TO WATCH

YOUR BROTHER DO SOME AMAZING THINGS,

AND YOU'LL FEEL LOST IN HIS SHADOW.

BUT KNOW THIS--HE WON'T BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING

WITHOUT YOUR HELP,

YOUR LOVE AND PATIENCE.

THE WORLD IS COUNTING ON YOU TWO.

THAT'S THE FUTURE YOU'VE BOTH BEEN HANDED.

I GOT A CALL

FROM ST. VINCENT'S IN-HOUSE ATTORNEY.

THEY WANT YOU TO SIGN A NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENT.

IN RETURN FOR YOUR SIGNATURE,

THEY CUT YOU A VERY LARGE CHECK.

WOW.

OKAY, BUT, UH, WHAT'S THE CATCH?

YOU DON'T WORK THERE ANYMORE.

HUH.

THIS IS A LITTLE BIGGER THAN YOUR STANDARD SEVERANCE CHECK.

MM-HMM.

I KNOW THE HOSPITAL SIGNED IT, BUT...

I KIND OF FEEL LIKE IT'S FROM DAD.

I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT THE VISION WAS ABOUT...

WHY YOU WERE INVOLVED IN THIS WHOLE THING.

MAYBE IT'S SUPPOSED TO MAKE UP

FOR... EVERYTHING.

THE CHECK'S NOT THAT BIG, ELI.

YOU BOYS ARE MY WHOLE WORLD.

I KNOW WHAT'S IN STORE FOR BOTH OF YOU.

I JUST CRY...

BECAUSE I'M SO VERY PROUD.

I LOVE YOU, NATHAN.

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH IT ACHES.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

LOVE... DAD.