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[TV chatter]

[door closes]

- Hi.
- I can't believe it.

Second game of the series
and it's not on television.

- What?
Murray: Baseball.

World Series,
how could they not put it on?

- What the hell is that?
- That's our Christmas tree.

What are you, nuts,
you can't buy

a Christmas tree in October,
it won't last.

[sighs]

It's not October. It's December.

Christmas is next Tuesday.

You're having
your Alzheimer's again.

Shut up.
I don't want that in here.

- Uh-da-da, it's Christmas--
- Don't you talk back to me!

You see any Christmas in here?

Christmas is
rooms full of people

and eggnog, and relatives
spending the night.

You see any eggnog?

- You see people?
- We're here.

I don't want that tree in here!

But don't yell at me!
Come on!

You're having
your Alzheimer's again.

- I can't even smell it!
- Don't do that, please!

Now stop it,
you're gonna hurt the tree!

- Let me go!
- No!

[theme music]

[music continues]

[music continues]

[instrumental music]

Let's get going,
we've got a full docket.

First up, a reminder
of the annual Christmas party,

commencing at 6 o'clock, Friday.
Thank you.

Against my better judgment,
we've put Ms. Lamb in charge.

It could even be a party.

Douglas: Let us note once again,

she's skipped out
on the staff meeting.

Let us further note,
Abby Perkins

has decided to follow suit.

- Alright, Douglas.
- Moving on.

The early morning draw for
the dreaded role of Santa Claus

took place this morning
and the lucky winner is...

[imitates drum roll]

Grace Van Owen.

- Oh, no!
Jonathan: Can I be your elf?

Alright! I like that very much!

Douglas: Alright,
let's turn to business.

Jonathan and I are ready
to go forward again

with the Noah Cowan proposal.

Isn't he the guy
with Tourette's Syndrome

Douglas: Yes, we found
another group of investors

for his
computer software program.

We have a ten o'clock meeting
with the client today,

then a multi-million-dollar
private offering

set for tomorrow, and this time
I think we'll pull it off.

Moving on. Kohler vs.
Westbrook Medical.

Well, our last settlement offer
was rejected,

so the trial starts today.

Douglas: Best of luck. Ann...

I'm still waiting
on your opinion letter

to send to the Quebec Nordiques.

I can't do it
without the tax projection

from Stuart which
I still haven't gotten.

I didn't realize it was a rush,
why didn't you tell me?

- I sent you a memo.
- A memo?

Well, let's get on it
ASAP, please?

Now, on a truly
exhilarating note,

I'm pleased to announce,
yesterday afternoon,

Rosalind Shays
was arrested for S&L fraud.

- What?
- You're kidding.

- Indicted?
Grace: Wait, shh, shh.

She's one of the directors
at a savings and loan,

the whole board
was brought up on charges,

she could actually
be going to jail.

- Yes!
Stuart: Oh, isn't that a shame.

Leland: Alright! Alright,
now that's enough.

I'm surprised at all of you,
wishing that on somebody.

Now if any of you are questioned
on this by the media,

I expect you to behave
with a lot more dignity

than you have here.
Move along, Douglas.

Douglas: I believe that's it.
Remember...

Clients are invited
to the party.

Cabs and designated drivers
are being arranged.

Noah: Oh, boy! Whoop!

Douglas: Jonathan, that would
be our ten o'clock.

- Yeah.
Douglas: We're adjourned.

Grace, a minute
in my office, please.

[indistinct chatter]

You want me to represent
Rosalind Shays?

Well, from what I understand,
she's innocent, and--

I doubt it.

But even if she is,
why should we help her?

- $300,000, that's why.
- Meaning what?

Leland: If we can get this case
dismissed, she'll kick back

300 grand
from the judgment we paid her.

And that's an enormous payoff
for one afternoon's work.

Why me?
You have a list of so many--

Because you have the
relationship with Bruce Rogoff,

and the entire DA's office.

Rosalind feels if she could
just get their ear,

she knows they'll drop it.

Leland, I'm sorry,
but I cannot--

Don't make me pull rank, Grace.

If she's guilty,
we'll tell her to forget it.

If she's innocent,
we can't afford not to do this.

They're ready to put up
all the capital?

They loved the proposal
and they specifically asked us

not to take it to anybody else.

I think they're ready
to bankroll your entire company.

[chuckles] Gee, that sounds
too good to be true.

The question we're asking
ourselves, Noah,

is whether you should
attend the meeting.

Why shouldn't I? *** Whoop!

'Cause the last two offerings
have gone south

the second investors met you.

Listen, Noah, you know I think

you should be open
about the Tourette's.

But it's obviously
scaring people off.

They'll find out about it
anyway, won't they?

I-- I mean, won't we be having
quarterly

or annual meetings
where I-- I have to report?

Absolutely, but our thinking
is once the company

is running smoothly
and making money,

they won't care.

And-- and that isn't
a kind of fraud?

Concealing this?
Oh, boy, bald, whoop!

[Douglas sighs]

It-- it's okay to do this?

Noah, it's only securities fraud

if you withhold
material information.

Since Tourette's
isn't psychological or mental,

and doesn't impair your ability
to run a company,

we don't consider it material.
[file thuds]

Just the same,
better if they don't know.

Noah, we both know
how hard you've worked on this.

We-- we just don't want it
to all be for nothing.

[smacks lips] Okay.

Let me know how it goes.

We will for sure.

Whoop!

- Hi.
- Hi, Benny.

I got you chicken
with mayonnaise and mustard.

Roxanne wanted me
to bring you this soup.

She said to make sure
you eat it.

[chuckles] She's a sweetheart.

I called Aurora and Crystal,
I told 'em

we couldn't come out tonight
'cause you gotta rest.

Benny, look,
I wired the Christmas lights

through the plug
in back of the TV set.

Look.

[switch clicks]
Huh?

[switch clicking]

[laughing]
Isn't that beautiful?

Yeah.

Benny, look under the tree.

I, uh, I got you a present.
I wrapped it up myself.

I used all that phony newspaper
with December written on it.

[dog barking in distance]

You're a good friend, Benny.

A lot of people do a
zillion things with their lives,

[cover rustling]
make a lot of money.

But sometimes, the hardest thing
to do is be a good friend.

I'm glad we're spending
Christmas together.

Me too, Benny. Me too.

[Murray chuckling]

And, Dr. Kohler,
you were born with this disease?

Paul: Yes, I was diagnosed
in 1967, I was 12 years old.

Could you tell the court exactly
what neurofibromatosis is.

It's a genetic disorder.

The symptoms vary
but in my case,

it's caused some
skin discoloration

and some neurofibroma tumors.

Susan: This is what
is commonly known

as Elephant Man's disease?

That's correct.

Could you describe
the progression

of it in your case, sir?

Paul: For most of my life
it was totally latent.

Then, during my third year
of medical school,

I developed several small tumors
on my back and upper arms.

And, Dr. Kohler,
did you have these tumors

when you were hired
as a general practitioner

by the defendant's
medical group?

Yes, and I informed them.
They told me it wasn't an issue.

Susan: But things changed,
didn't they, doctor?

Yes, about
a year and a half ago,

the disease radicalized.
I experienced

rapid growth
and spread of the tumors.

Susan: They spread to your face?
- They spread to my face.

And what did the defendant
do then?

- He fired me.
Susan: He tell you why?

Paul: He said the patients
didn't want to be treated by me,

he said... Um...

[man in audience coughs]

That he couldn't afford
to have a doctor

who looked the way I look.

Sir, do you believe you can be

an effective physician
despite your condition?

One of the reasons
I chose to become a doctor

is because I know
what it's like on the other end

of the stethoscope.

I know what it's like
to have something.

I... Yes, I believe I have
been an effective physician

and I believe
I could continue to be.

Thank you, sir.
I have nothing further.

Doctor, the day before
you were terminated,

a patient by the name
of Cindy Knoll

came in for a consult,
would that be correct?

Please describe
for the court what transpired

during this examination, sir?

The patient became ill.

The patient was caused to vomit.

- Yes.
Victor: Do you know why?

She said she was repulsed
by my appearance.

Isn't it true, doctor,
that many such patients

have had this reaction
to your disfigurement?

I wouldn't say many.
There have been others, yes.

Victor: In fact,
since the tumors have begun

to spread to your
hands and face,

over half of your clients
have left, isn't that true?

The ignorance of my patients
does not excuse my employers.

He's a doctor,
he knows that this disease

has nothing to do
with my ability--

Sir, he hired you
to cultivate a practice.

And you could no longer
do that, true or false?

I still have a practice.

[clears throat]
Doctor, how do you expect people

to come to you to be cured

when you yourself appear
to be so ill?

I think people
should be open-minded

to things they don't understand.

Do you expect them
to be comfortable

being touched by you?

Let's forget about
in time, doctor,

I'm talking about right now.

I'm talking about when they
first walk in and see you.

When they first come
in the door and look at you

and see the tumors
on your hands and on your face.

Do you really expect them to be
anything other than horrified?

- That doesn't make them right.
- No, it doesn't.

And I am sure
that in a perfect world

this wouldn't happen.

But this isn't a perfect world,
is it, Dr. Kohler?

No, Mr. Sifuentes,
it certainly is not.

Nothing further.

[murmuring]

Grace: You were on their board
for almost

three years, Rosalind,
it'll be difficult

to show that you didn't know

about the sweetheart loans
or the bad real estate deals?

If you look at the minutes,
you'll see that I wasn't even

present at the meetings,
I had nothing to do

with the running of the company,

or making
any of their decisions.

Then why did they indict you?

They indicted the whole board,

including Chandler Jeffries,

who's been in a nursing home
for the past four years.

Look, you may be innocent
for all I know,

but the idea of representing you
is repugnant to me.

- Grace.
Rosalind: No, that's fair.

You're honest,
I appreciate that.

Now, let me be frank.

I am not looking
to mend any fences here,

and I am certainly not chasing
after your affection.

Now you can help me avoid
the stain of an investigation.

I'm willing to pay you $300,000

to do it,
it's a simple business deal.

Rogoff isn't going to kick you
if he thinks you're guilty.

All I want is for you to get him
to look at the facts closely,

before he starts
calling press conferences.

We'll talk to him.

Thank you.

And so you knew of his condition
at the time you hired him?

Absolutely,
so we can't be accused

of discriminating
against his handicap.

But in effect, you did fire him
because of the disease.

I discharged him
because he couldn't fulfill

the function
for which he was hired.

- Which was?
George: To build a practice.

To make money for the company,
his caseload just dropped

after the tumors
spread to his face.

Patients were afraid of him.

Well, did you take any steps

to uh, mitigate the situation?

Yes, at first we would forewarn
and educate the patients,

in the hopes they wouldn't
be so... Well, shocked.

That didn't work,
then we tried to adjust

his responsibilities,
so he was doing

mostly consults
with other doctors.

But the fact is,
there just wasn't

enough consulting work
to keep him busy.

So you terminated
his employment.

George: I had no choice,
I'm certainly sorry

that people discriminate
against him,

but there is nothing
I can do about that.

Thank you, Dr. Westbrook.

[smacks lips]
I have nothing further.

So you agree patients were
discriminating against this man?

And your response is
to accommodate this prejudice

by discharging the victim
of the discrimination.

Well, I don't look
at it like that.

You don't, well, you fired him

because people
couldn't stomach his handicap.

How does that do anything
but legitimize their bigotry?

I have a business, Ms. Hauber,

if patients won't go to him,
what else can I do?

So if they refused to be seen
by a doctor in a wheelchair,

you'd fire that doctor, too.

Some of your white patients
don't want to be examined

by a black,
bye-bye to the black physician.

- Objection!
- Overruled.

I would never support
that kind of posit--

So you do support their position
on this one?

- I didn't say that.
- That's exactly what you said.

The discrimination against
this handicap is permissible.

He's a doctor, he's supposed to
reassure people.

- They see his condition--
- Move to strike, Your Honor.

George: How much confidence
do you think that instills?

Susan: There's a law saying
you can't fire

a person
because of his handicap!

We never knew
it could get that bad!

...'cause he wasn't commensurate
with your aesthetic image!

Look at him, for God's sake!
Just look at him!

[scattered coughs]

["Holly Jolly Christmas"
by Michael Bublé on TV]

[door closes]
I'm home.

I brought
microwave hamburgers today.

With cheese.

The tree looks great.
Murray?

♪ But have a cup of cheer

♪ Have a holly jolly Christmas

Murray?

♪ And when you walk down
the street ♪

Murray?

[bag thuds]

Murray?

Wake up!! Murray!!!

[chair creaking]

[stretcher clattering]

[indistinct chatter]

- Are you okay, Benny?
- Yeah, I guess.

Looks like it was a stroke.
I think he went pretty quickly.

- Where do you take him now?
- The morgue, then funeral home.

Alright, that's Rosen's
Funeral Parloron Sunset.

- I wanna see him.
- Excuse me?

Well, when he gets
to the mortuary, you can--

No! I wanna see him

before they do anything to him.

[indistinct chatter]

[cover rustling]

Look what you've done now, daddy.

Look what you've gone and done.

Go to sleep now.

I wouldn't produce that box,
it's all work product.

Yeah, but on the other hand,
if we give 'em all 12 boxes

over the holidays,
they're bound to forget

about lookin' at any of 'em.

Ann? Here.

I'll have the tax projections
for you by the end of the day.

Great, thanks.

And I think, in the future,

you might find a more
direct channel than a memo.

You seem to be the one with
communication problems, Stuart.

[quietly]
Twirp.

You know, this is
none of my business,

but I remember my father,

he had to get
a colostomy and it like

threatened his manhood
and everything

and finally, he just,
well, he just,

had to get some space
from my mother,

so he just took off, you know?

- Did he ever come back?
- No, he...

It was a bad example, actually.

But he was nothing like Stuart.

This box is all ledgers,
they can have that. [sighs]

Right, you know,
at the staff meetings,

when you're not aware,
he's always lookin' at ya.

We have a lot of stuff
to go through here, Tommy.

[smacks lips]
Right.

How does he look at me?

All cute, you know?

Like a little
pinched up hamster.

A 45% interest
is not out of line,

he invented the software,
he developed the program.

But he isn't
putting up anything.

Look, the by-laws provide
for a $75,000-salary

the first year,
whether this flies or not.

- It'll fly.
- We think so, too.

The point is, Mr. Cowan is
totally protected and we're not.

How about 40 until we recoup?

After that, we'll give him
the extra five.

- I think we can live with that.
- Fantastic.

Jimmy, you hack out
the language with 'em.

Only thing left, I guess,
is to meet Mr. Cowan.

- Why?
- "Why?"

Because we're about to start
a three-million-dollar

corporation, we think
it would be a nice idea

to say hi to the CEO.
Is there a problem with that?

No. No, it's just that we don't
know his schedule this week

and, well,
I'd hate to hold up the deal.

We're about to convert
an ex-market analyst

into a very rich entrepreneur.

Something tells me he'll be able
to adjust his schedule.

Okay. No problem.
No problem at all.

This is a huge problem.

Whoop! Uh...
L-- let me try the hypnosis.

- Does it really work?
- It has... sometimes.

It... Oh, boy.
Uh, it-- it can at least help.

What exactly happens
with this hypnosis?

It's basically
just a relaxing technique.

It calms me... ♪

Noah: It calms me down.

And if I concentrate,
I can control it.

But not for... Oh, boy.

- Uh, not for long.
- It's worth a try.

Call your therapist
and arrange the session

for tomorrow morning.

All we can do
is pray that it works.

Well, we'll make it work.

Okay. I'll see you tomorrow.

- Okay.
- 11:15.

This isn't right.

- This is 10b-5 fraud.
- It isn't fraud.

We're withholding information
from investors.

What do you wanna do, Jonathan?

If he comes in whooping
and spitting,

you know as well as I do,
Noah will go home alone,

unemployed, with nothing to show
for the last year of his life.

You want that?

[door opens]

[indistinct chatter]

May I?

I believe this would be
an ex-parte communication.

Yeah... Well, I'll risk it.

[laughs]

[Victor sighs]

[sighs]

[cover rustling]

I, uh, I wanted you
to know that...

When I try a case,
I play to win.

You know? And, uh...

Well, sometimes I say things

that I don't personally
believe in.

Which would you be
referring to, Mr. Sifuentes?

The part about me
being repulsive?

The part about my face
making people vomit?

I-- I'm a lawyer trying a case.

Oh, that you are,
an excellent lawyer

who knows full well
the prohibition

against introducing
false evidence.

A lawyer who would
only offer up facts

he knows or thinks to be true.

- W-- what I wanted to say--
- Is that you feel sorry for me.

[chuckles] Imagine my joy
at being pitied by the guy

who was hired to get me.

- I don't pity you.
- Oh, Mr. Sifuentes.

We're talking about a symptom
I'm quite expert at diagnosing.

Y-- you talk
about being repulsed,

let me tell you
what repulses me.

The idea that people
feel sorry for me.

The idea that people
who don't even know me,

can with one glance know enough

to feel sorry for me,
I don't want...

[indistinct chatter]

When these things
grew on my face,

I didn't give in to them.
I had them cut off.

When they grew back again,
I cut them off again.

No matter what I do,
they keep growing back.

I can be just as resilient
as these bumps!

I fight back, too!
[spoon clanks]

[thuds]

The irony is the only way
I can win this trial

is by getting 12 strangers
in a jury box...

to feel sorry for me.

[chuckles]

[theme music]

Okay.

Just start breathing
for me, Noah.

[door closes]

Slow and deep,

and we'll start in a minute.

Does this have any chance
of working?

We usually can shut down the
muscle tics for a short period.

It's never gonna be
a 100%, but...

If he stays focused,
there is a shot.

- You ready, Noah?
Noah: Ready.

[breathing deeply]

Now you understand even
if he gets through the meeting,

he's likely to have a massive
tic break, right after.

- What do you mean, tic break?
- Basically, lets it all out.

Swearing, spitting.

The more successful
he is at containment,

the bigger the tic break
will likely be.

Let's just do it.

You guys, stand away.

Okay, Noah...

close you eyes.

Be relaxed now.

Breath it out. [exhales]

Now I want you to go
from ninety-nine to zero...

staying relaxed.

Ninety-nine.

Ninety-eight.

Ninety-seven.

Excellent.
Breathing it right out.

Noah: Ninety-six.

Wexler: Focused.
Noah: Ninety-five.

Ninety-four.

Whoop! Oh, boy!

[Noah spitting]

[traffic bustling]

Your Honor,
Dr. Kohler has requested

that he give
his own closing argument.

Proceed.

What I have, you know,
is not all that uncommon.

Over a million
and a half people

are afflicted
with neurofibromatosis.

Not all as bad as me, but one
out of three thousand people

are born with it.

The, um,
reason you don't know this

is that we are driven
into dark closets of secrecy.

[chuckles] We stay hidden,
so as not to offend.

If you could get used
to these lumps...

on my face

you m-- might see me
as a human being,

who laughs like you do,

cries like you do.
[chuckles]

Who dreams of a world,
as I'm sure all of you do, where

discrimination of any kind
is totally eliminated.

But, in, uh, my case,
that's going to take some doing.

Because the prejudice against me
is so seemingly reasonable.

I look the way I look,
how could anyone not be...

Affected.

Nevertheless,
to forgive... bigotry,

and that's what
they're asking you to do here...

is to foster it.
To excuse it is to give it life.

To conquer it...

Well...

somewhere, somebody
who's either tired enough

or hurt enough, or maybe just
desperate enough

has to finally rise up and say
"Stop!"

Stop.

Please...

Stop.

[woman clears throat]

[man coughs]

You know, um...

as you listen to this man

I think it's hard not to be
overwhelmed by his... eloquence

and his, uh...

dignity.

And I have no doubt
that to know Dr. Paul Kohler,

is to know an integrity
and a spirit...

that could almost blind you
to his handicap.

But...

that doesn't change the fact

that when you
first look at this man

what you see is a freak.

A horribly-disfigured freak.

And I can't but wonder,
if any of you

were to walk into
an examination room

and saw this man
as your doctor,

what would you think?

Hmm.

That's why they discharged him,
ladies and gentlemen.

Because people
don't want to see disease

in the face of their doctor.

And with this particular doctor
it is difficult

to see anything else.

[man coughs]

[traffic bustling]

[siren wailing]

The distribution contract
with AmFab

is tentatively set
for five years.

Since the lifespan
of the software,

even your best software,
is three to four years,

AmFab shouldn't be your concern.

Your bigger worry
should be when does

this package
go from being state...

[clears throat]
State of the art to obsolete.

And it's on that front
that our software is superior.

[sneezes]

- Bless you.
Noah: Thank you.

Obviously, we're very interested

in your projection
for expansion.

Oh, I think it would be
a big mistake

to emphasize expansion early on.

The best thing you can do
to promote this product,

is to develop it's reputation.

And, um, for that,

you have to exalt
quality control

over your blitzing
marketing techniques.

When would you anticipate
an increase in production?

[squeakily] Oh, uh...

- Sixteen months.
- Not sooner?

Oh, definitely not sooner.
Maybe later.

Demand will have
to proceed supply.

Well, you've certainly developed
an outstanding program.

[relief sighs]
Thank you very much.

- Oh, boy--
- Oh, boy, oh, boy, oh, boy!

- This is gonna be great.
- Lawyers, go ahead and draft.

Let's close this thing tomorrow.

Well, Douglas and Jonathan
have my power of attorney,

I-- I assume they can execute.

Douglas: Absolutely.
- It's been a genuine pleasure.

Oh, we'll be in touch.

[coughs] Okay, Noah.

You actually got her off?

Rogoff is going to dismiss
the charges.

- Because he--
- I'm sorry, this is despicable!

- Why?
Ann: Why?

Because we are
total whores to do anything

for Rosalind Shays,
after what she's done to us!

A paying client
is a paying client.

That's crap, Leland,
and you know it.

We turned down Anderson
Industries, a million-dollar

client, because we didn't like
what they stood for.

We're in a different
situation now.

You could all be looking at no
partnership bonus this year, a--

- I don't care, Leland!
- So what?

You damn well do care,

you'd be the first one
to cry about it.

You know, I can't believe
that you went along with this.

She's innocent,
they had no case.

- Oh, I bet.
- She's not innocent!

Douglas: Hey, come on,
this benefits all of us.

There's nothing to be
ashamed about.

Well, then why wasn't this out
in the open, Leland?

I wasn't hiding it,
I just decided

not to publicize it,
I knew there'd be opposition.

- You knew how wrong it was.
- There's no excuse for that.

Alright, that's enough!

Now, I made a decision
as senior partner.

I made a decision I felt was in
the best interest of the firm,

and that decision stands!

And I don't want to hear
another damn word

about it from anybody!

Noah: Whoop! Oh, boy!

***! Slut!

Bitch! Bitch! Slut!

Whore! Dago! Whoop!

[crickets chirping]

[instrumental music]

[chair creaking]

[clicks]

[paper rustling]

[music continues]

[sighs] I've gotten
some strange requests

from jurors over the years

and I suppose this one...

Well...

If it will help you reach
a verdict, then...

Ms. Hauber,
the jury would like to inspect

the hands of your client.

As I understand their intent,

in determining whether
it is reasonable

for patients to reject
being examined by this man

they'd like to see his hands.

Your Honor, the state of mind
of the patients

is not at issue here. This case
deals with discrimination.

I understand that, counsel,
but the defendant's conduct

was based on the foreseeable
reactions of patients.

Dr. Kohler,
I am sorry about this,

but I'd like you to walk
in front of the jury box,

and hold your hands out
for inspection.

Uh, Your Honor,
we have no objection

to the jurors touching
the hands, if they so desire.

Proceed, Dr. Kohler.

[dramatic music]

You've got our red-lined copies.

The only thing
we refused to delete

was the financing contingency,

but that appears
to be pretty moot.

The way banks
are busting out today,

I just don't like
taking any chances.

That's not a problem. The
contingency's good for 21 days?

Markos: Exactly.
- That's fine.

[door opens]
Whoop!

Mr. Cowan,
good to see you again.

Noah: Oh, thank you.

Listen, there's something...

Oh, boy!

Uh, that you don't know about me

and I think you should
before signing those papers.

No, no, no. Please.

I, uh...

[smacks lips]

I suffer from
Tourette's Syndrome.

Oh, boy... Whoop!

Uh, my lawyers
didn't want you to know

because they were afraid,
ppffitt...

That, that you'd
back out of the deal,

but I want you to know.

I want you to know... Oh, boy!

[sighs]
...exactly what you're getting.

Tourette's Syndrome
is a neurological disorder.

It causes muscle tics
and an inability

to control impulses
to make certain sounds.

But he didn't do this yesterday.

Yesterday I was under hypnosis.

This is me.
I have Tourette's Syndrome.

But it didn't stop me
from inventing this software

a-- and it won't stop me
from running this company.

I-- I'm not a nut
and I'm not crazy.

I have this thing that, um,
that makes me different.

Whoop! [sighs]

Well, I'll be honest,
I do want to get

some more information on this
Tourette's thing.

But I can say that nothing
I've seen here tonight

causes me to change my mind.

[sighs] Good.

Andriosi: In fact, Mr. Cowan,
I'm probably

even more impressed with you.

It seems in addition to brains,

we're getting
some integrity here.

Well, thank you.

Douche bag.

[sighs]

As for you two,

I'm reporting you
to the State Bar.

I'm also
drafting a declaration

stating my belief that you both
committed willful violation

of the 1934
Securities Exchange Act,

and it will be filed
with the SEC

by the end of business, today.

[man coughs]

I want to thank you all
for coming.

But mostly... I wanna thank you

for the way
you treated my father.

We weren't very close.

Our main form of dialogue
was argument.

But, no matter what
we were fighting about

my father always let me know

that he never stopped loving me.

That's the thing about daddy...

You could hit him
right between the eyes

and the only thing to swell up
would be his heart.

I know you're up there
with God, daddy.

Please don't tell him
how to run things.

I love you.

I love you forever.

Excuse me.

Um, Murray wrote this before

and he asked me to read it

after he, after he died.

And, uh, he wanted me
to do it with music.

[clicks]

[instrumental music]

"By now, I, Murray Melman,
have croaked."

"I wanna say goodbye
to my family and to my country."

"Roxanne,

uh, tell your mother I wish her

a long life, so I can get

some quality time in heaven

before she gets there."

"Tell her that when
her time has come,

I only regret it couldn't be me

driving the bus
that runs her down

and, and then..."

Hmm.

[music continues]

"Backs up over her again."

Benny: Yeah.

"Goodbye to my friends."

"I salute life."

"I salute you all."

"Now salute me back."

[music continues]

♪ I can stand up

♪ Stand up and face the world

♪ Girl, you know, your love

♪ Keeps on liftin' me

♪ Higher

♪ I'm getting higher

♪ High, ooh, love, love

♪ Lift it higher! Higher!

♪ We'll grow higher
and higher ♪

♪ Higher

♪ Your love keeps lifting me
♪ Keeps on

[man vocalizing]

♪ Higher and higher! Higher!

♪ Your love
is liftin' me higher ♪

♪ Come on, baby

♪ Lifting me higher! ♪

Hey, I don't think
the SEC will do anything.

Why not,
it was material disclosure.

You hear that? You're gonna
roll on me, Jonathan?

I-I-I just danced with Vanna...

Whoop... Vanna, whoop.

- Vanna White.
- He was great, too.

Ann Kelsey, Jonathan Rollins,
Vanna White.

- Hi.
Jonathan: How're you doing?

- Love your show.
- Thank you.

- C'mon, Douglas, let's go!
Douglas: I'm ready.

Nice to meet you.

Noah, thanks for the dance.

It was my pleasure.
Slut. Oh, boy!

No, really.
You shouldn't have.

Ah, come on, it's no big deal.

I just wanted to say
Merry Christmas and...

- And thank you.
- For what?

For being a friend
when I needed one.

Oh, that was my pleasure.

Merry Christmas.

Uh... excuse me.

[clears throat]
Excuse me.

- Stuart?
- Ah, the clerk's office called.

- Your jury's back.
- Thanks.

- Um, the jury's--
- I heard.

Thanks.

[all cheering]

[sighs]

Madam Foreperson, has the jury
reached a verdict?

- We have, Your Honor.
Judge: What say you?

In the matter of Kohler
vs. Westbrook Medical Group,

we find in favor
of the plaintiff,

and order the defendant
to pay damages

in the amount of $375,000.

Judge: Members of the jury,
thank you for your service.

Have a happy holiday,
we are adjourned.

[indistinct chatter]

Dr. Westbrook,
my client has an offer

he'd like you to consider.
Paul?

[sighs]

Pay me the three seventy-five
over three years.

As salary.

You let me have my job back,

you let me try to build
a practice.

If I fail, you only end up
paying the judgment.

If I sustain any kind
of practice,

you see some return
and end up paying less.

Who knows, you may make money.

It's not just that you failed
to make money for us, Paul.

You lose money, the patients
of the other doctors,

they see you in the halls...
i-- i-- it's just

not fair
to the other physicians.

The jury just told you you're
wrong, didn't you hear them?

They told you
I deserve a chance.

That jury was just playing
Santa Clause to an orphan, Paul.

They felt badly for you.
Just as I feel badly for you.

But I have to safeguard
the welfare of the company.

You'd rather just pay me
to walk away?

- Yes.
- Yeah.

[chuckles]

Okay. Well...

Hey! Now I promised if we won,

we'd celebrate.
So let's celebrate.

[chuckling]
Come on.

I'm sorry, Paul.

Well, you lost here,
not me, George.

I just got a big judgment.
I'm rich.

[indistinct singing]

♪ I've got to go, I've
got to go, I've got to go! ♪

What?

I want to come home.

- Why?
- I'd like us to be together.

I want to spend Christmas
with my son and my wife.

And without the holidays
factoring into the equation,

would you still want
to be coming home?

You want to come
over Christmas Day, Stuart,

you're absolutely welcome.

But don't you dare

tell me that you are ready
to come home

until you can say that you
are ready to come back to me.

Ann, I know that I love you.

Yeah. Well, I'm getting
a lawyer, Stuart.

I am not gonna sit around
and wait until...

I'm getting a lawyer, Stuart.

♪ Baby, I need your lovin'

♪ Got to have all your lovin'

♪ Baby, I need your lovin'

♪ Got to have all your lovin'

♪ Baby, I need... ♪

God, it was nice
to see everybody

having fun together again.

It's been so damn long
since the people in this firm

really enjoyed one another.

I suppose that's my fault?

Well, actually, nobody's helped

bring us closer together
than you, my friend.

[chuckles]

Hey. No jail for you this year.

[laughing]

Thank you, Leland.

I don't know
how I could ever repay you.

Oh, yes, you do.

$300,000.

Is everything always
about money?

[chuckling]

Merry Christmas, Ros.

Merry Christmas.

[clicks]

[both laughing]

[theme music]