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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.