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NARRATOR:

He's not just suing us.

He's trying to get a guilty verdict,

so he can come after my license.

What?

Donna told you about Simon, but I want you to say it was me.

THOMAS: If you can't tell me

who you were to him,

maybe you can tell me who he is to you.

I just know he's somebody I can't figure out

how to cut out of me.

You knew because Harvey told you.

Robert Zane told me. Mr. Kessler, who was it?

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

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

How could you do that to me? I did something else.

I can't live with it anymore. What?

That man that attacked you,

he was killed in his own cell, and it's my fault.

What am I supposed to do when I have a big victory

or a terrible loss and the person

I want to tell isn't there?

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

♪ Kisses on the foreheads ♪

♪ Of the lovers Wrapped in your arms ♪

♪ You've been hiding them ♪

♪ In hollowed out pianos Left in the dark ♪

Say it again.

I looked around, and you weren't there.

I'm here now.

What?

I just wish I'd come to my senses sooner.

It's okay.

I was worth the wait.

Donna...

I know.

♪ Your lips, my lips ♪

We have to get some sleep.

Everything's changed.

I know.

♪ You've been locked In here forever ♪

♪ And you just can't Say goodbye ♪

Wheeler, phone call for you.

Says it's urgent.

This is Samantha Wheeler.

KATRINA: Samantha, it's Katrina.

I got in early because I figured

we'd have a lot to take care of

with the whole Robert situation,

which is why I was here when the call came in and--

I'm in the middle of a workout. Can you cut to it?

You need to get in here,

and you need to get in here now.

Rachel, call me as soon as you get this.

It happened.

And by "it," I mean-- Oh, shit, I gotta go.

Who was that?

No one.

Rachel. Told her, didn't you?

No. Yeah.

In that case, I hope she listens

to her messages before Mike, 'cause I left him a doozy.

What? I didn't authorize you to do that.

Wait, seriously, what did you tell him?

What'd you tell Rachel?

You were better the first time.

Good, that's what I told Mike about you.

No, you didn't. Neither did I, because you weren't.

Because more vigorous isn't necessarily better.

Neither is younger. Really?

Twelve hours in and you're gonna trot that one out?

Twelve years in, and, no, Donna, I'm not...

Because I am glad I came over last night.

Me too.

You do know I'm coming over again tonight, right?

Yeah, Harvey, I do know that.

There is one thing that I don't know.

What exactly changed to make you come over here?

Are you expecting someone? No.

I do know who it is, and it's bad.

How bad? Louis bad.

He just texted me. He's right outside.

Holy shit.

He cannot see me in here. What are we gonna do?

I can't climb out the window,

if that's what you're suggesting.

We're 12 stories up. You could stick the landing.

LOUIS: Donna, I know you're in there.

Shit. Wait a minute.

What are we so afraid of?

Are you saying what I think you're saying?

I am.

Let's let him in.

All right, we need to talk,

and we need to talk right now.

I went to Harvey's.

He didn't answer his door, so now I'm here.

And you're here.

I am.

And you're in the same exact clothes

you were in last night.

Guilty as charged.

Oh, my God.

I know exactly what you two were doing.

Louis, before you jump--

You were up all night trying to figure out

how you were gonna handle the Zane situation.

We were indeed. Up all night.

Thinking about the situation.

You should have called me.

We could have done it together. Could have,

but it's probably best we didn't.

They do say the more the merrier.

Harvey.

I don't care you left me out.

The most important thing is that you guys

were banging it out all night. BOTH: That we were.

So, what'd you come up with?

Probably nothing as helpful as what you've come up with.

The only thing I know is we need

to put out a press release as soon as possible.

You came to the right place,

because Donna is top notch at releases.

Why, thank you, Harvey. You're not so bad yourself.

Will you stop stroking each other's egos?

I'm as good at releasing as either one of you.

I hammered one out this morning. Don't.

Louis, this is great.

It takes responsibility,

while still standing behind our partner.

So we are agreed. We stand behind Robert.

We do.

I'll put this out right away.

When you get in, get with Samantha

and make sure the two of you

lock up every last one of Robert's clients.

I'm on it, Louis.

I don't get it.

How could he be such a good lawyer

and not see what's right in front of his face?

Well, to be fair, you didn't see

what was right in front of your face for 12 years.

Fair enough.

But it does beg the question--

Let's not tell Louis or anybody else.

Why not?

Louis might be clueless, but he's right.

There's gonna be a lot of blowback from the hearing,

and I'd rather share our news when the people we care about

are in the right frame of mind to hear it.

About that news.

Before Louis got here, you asked what had changed--

Harvey, I want to know everything,

and when I do, I want to be able

to hang on every last word, but now's not the time.

So, what do you say that you go home

and you change into that armor and you get ready to fight

for Robert's good name?

♪ See the money Wanna stay for your meal ♪

♪ Get another piece of pie For your wife ♪

♪ Everybody wanna know How it feel ♪

♪ Everybody wanna see What it's like ♪

♪ I'll even eat a bean pie I don't mind ♪

♪ Me and Missy is so busy Busy making money ♪

♪ All right ♪

♪ All step back I'm 'bout to dance ♪

♪ The greenback boogie ♪

♪ I give you a thumbs-up A high-five ♪

♪ I got my deuces And a big bright smile ♪

♪ I feel alive, I occupy ♪

♪ My space And activate my mind ♪

♪ I say-ay what I wanna say ♪

♪ I got nothin' in my way-ay ♪

♪ Just feels good Little peace of mind ♪

♪ Not a cloud in the sky Just feels good ♪

♪ Even the sunshine's Feelin' my vibe ♪

♪ I got sunglasses On my happy face ♪

Alex Williams.

Depends who's asking.

My name is Steven Faulkner.

I'm with the New York Bar.

I wanted to talk about what you did

at that hearing yesterday.

I did what anybody would have done.

You showed a lot of courage exposing your partner.

Robert Zane's a legend. That couldn't have been easy.

It wasn't.

The Bar noticed, which is why I'm here

to discuss the next step:

removing Zane's name from your letterhead.

What? Why do we do that?

The man broke privilege, and put your firm in a position

to start hemorrhaging clients.

When are our clients the business of the state bar?

Your clients aren't, but your firm's character is.

Look, I know what Robert did was unethical,

but it was one mistake.

We're talking about a man's legacy.

And leaving his name up

doesn't just hurt the legacy of your firm.

It's hurting the integrity of the Bar.

What if I don't see it that way?

What if my partners don't?

Because it's not my call.

It would be to everyone's benefit if you and your partners

take that name down of your own accord.

THOMAS : This is Thomas Kessler.

I'm not available.

Please leave a message.

Thomas, hey.

It's me.

Um...

I was just wondering

if you were free for lunch today.

Give me a call when you can.

Samantha, whatever it is, it'll have to wait.

We have to start locking up Robert's clients before--

That's why I'm here. Three have put

their accounts up for review.

Son of a bitch.

The Bar just ruled on Robert yesterday.

It gets worse.

I reached out to six more

and none of them would take my call.

Which means six more are about to go.

The only way that could happen this fast

is if somebody's already poisoned the well.

Think Hardman's still after us? I did, until I saw

these notices were dated two days ago.

And two days ago, Hardman was gunning

to have me disbarred, not Robert.

Exactly.

Then who the hell knew to go after his clients?

The same man that tried to blackmail Robert

into taking his name off our wall.

Blackmail? What are you talking about?

I'm talking about you and I going to pay a visit

to Eric Kaldor.

Thomas.

What can I do for you?

Unfortunately, Alex, I'm here to say

that there's no longer anything you can do for me.

You're putting us in review. Not in review.

I'm letting you go. Thomas--

No, let me save you whatever you're gonna say.

I'm not interested in excuses. You're my lawyer.

You knew something, and you kept it from me.

We've been over this. What we haven't been over

is that I was forced to lie yesterday.

Thomas--

You can't make this better, Alex.

Every time I come here I'm gonna be thinking about

everything that happened.

I can't live that way. I'm sorry.

Then let me at least say this:

I appreciate what you did,

and I'm sorry it turned out this way.

That makes two of us.

Harvey Specter and Samantha.

Wow.

I figured you guys would be, uh, too busy

cleaning up Robert's mess to come play hockey.

Cut the shit, Eric.

We know you're going after Robert's clients.

When I first started whispering

Robert was stepping down, nobody believed me.

Now they think I'm Nostradamus.

If you think we're just gonna stand by

and let you raid our kitchen,

you've been checked into the boards

one too many times. I cannot believe

that she's fighting your fight.

It's not his fight, Eric. It's all of ours.

Yeah, if you say so.

If it wasn't for Harvey here,

Robert's clients would still be at your firm.

In case you hadn't noticed, so would Robert.

And you can try to drive a wedge between us all you want.

It's not gonna work.

Why don't you tell us,

what's it gonna take for you to back off?

If I can't drive a wedge, I can't drive a wedge.

But what it's gonna take for me to back off your hero's clients

is for old Harvey here to give me ten of his.

Ooh, look at that.

Maybe I did drive a wedge.

You keep hitching your wagon to the wrong man, sweet pea.

You didn't drive a wedge between anything, you piece of shit.

Call me "sweet pea" one more fucking time.

You're probably gonna want to think about my offer

before you say no.

But don't take too long.

If you lay a hand on me one more time,

I'll have you thrown out of the Bar

faster than your disgraced mentor.

LOUIS: Alex, just the man

I was about to see.

Harvey and Samantha are working on

keeping Robert's clients, but they may need back-up.

I want you to be ready.

I don't know how ready I'll be

when I can't keep my own clients.

What? Kessler just left us.

Shit.

This isn't over. I'll just give him a call.

You're not gonna change his mind.

How do you know? Harvey used up our goodwill

when he asked him to lie for us.

You're upset about losing a client,

but it's not news Harvey did that.

That's what I'm trying to tell you.

I got approached today by the New York Bar.

It was off the record, but the guy pretty much told me

if we don't take Zane's name down,

they'll do it for us.

Bullshit, they don't have the authority.

If you're suggesting that we should do it anyway--

Think I want to take his name down?

Then what are you so worked up about?

I've been punched twice, and I want to do something.

I don't know what to do about Thomas,

but I know what to do about the other thing.

What's that? I wanna see how bad

our reputation is. You make sure

they don't have the authority to take that name down,

and then we're gonna tell the Bar to go fuck themselves.

I've gotta say, I've never seen you like that before.

I thought you were gonna kill him.

If you hadn't been there, I just might have.

Well, I appreciate you not letting him drive that wedge.

I know you must have been tempted

by his offer because of-- I wasn't tempted, Harvey.

If Robert taught me anything,

it's that when a teammate is being attacked,

you don't leave their side.

No, you don't.

Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

Depends on what you're thinking. I'm thinking

when a teammate's under attack, you don't just stand by them.

You turn the tables. Because the best defense

is a good offense.

Exactly.

What?

I was just thinking,

I must have said that

to Mike Ross about a thousand times.

Jesus, last night it was Jessica,

tonight it's Mike Ross.

Am I gonna have to hear stories about him?

I keep getting reminded of how alike we are.

Well, here's to going on offense.

To going on offense.

Speaking of last night... What about it?

I know I said I didn't need you checking up on me,

but you did anyway.

And the truth is, I appreciated it.

Because I was hurting.

But?

But then you just up and left.

What happened?

I know how that must have seemed,

but I was hurting too.

And then...

all of a sudden...

I get it.

You needed to be alone.

Yeah, I did.

But, Samantha, I'm sorry if I left you in the lurch.

I understand.

It must have been tough,

knowing what Robert gave up for you.

It was.

Which is why tomorrow, you and I are gonna make sure

the only person giving anything up

is Eric Kaldor.

Thomas, hi. THOMAS: Hey.

So I'm guessing lunch today won't work.

I'm sorry I didn't call you back earlier.

I had some business matters to attend to.

You mean like firing us?

What happened with Alex had nothing to do with us.

It was business.

I wish it hadn't come to that, but I understand.

And I'm sorry...

For everything. Please don't say it.

You said everything there is to say yesterday.

The truth is, I-- I didn't call you back

because I just didn't have it in me

to endure hearing the rest.

Thomas, listen to me, you are such a good man--

You don't have to soft-pedal it, Donna.

Nobody goes from spending their nights together to lunch.

There are so many things I want to say about you.

Maybe another time.

Take care, Thomas.

Goodbye, Donna.

There's my love.

I hope you're in the mood for your favorite,

'cause this matzo's about to get brei'd.

That sounds amazing.

Tough day?

Yeah, you could say that.

The Bar wants us to take Robert's name down.

But before I tell them to go to hell--

You need to know if you can afford to.

That's why you're making matzo brei. You know.

How bad is it?

The students that were hoping to interview with you this year

pulled their resumes back.

I overheard some of them talking.

They said if you're not willing to distance yourself

from someone who's been disbarred,

then you don't care about the reputation of your firm.

They said that?

Louis, maybe it's time for you to consider--

No, I can't do it.

Why not? You took Jessica's name down.

Yeah, that was different. She knew about Mike.

She was guilty.

But Rob-- Robert, what?

What I'm about to tell you stays between these walls.

It wasn't Robert. It was Harvey.

More specifically, it was Donna.

What? Oh, my God. Exactly.

The man took a huge bullet for us, Sheila.

I'm not just gonna rip his name down now.

Okay, Louis,

Harvey and Donna or not,

the world thinks it was Robert.

You don't have a choice.

Sheila, when our child grows up and asks me

how to make decisions, I'm not going to say:

"Take the way out that protects your reputation

at the cost of your character."

I understand that,

but you asked me how bad it was,

and the truth is, if I didn't know you

and I had heard what had happened,

I'd be feeling the same way my students do.

DONNA: Hey. Hey.

Let me guess: you can't come over tonight.

How'd you know?

Because I know Robert's clients

haven't been locked down yet,

and I'm the one who told you to put on your armor.

Have I ever told you how much I love it when you do that?

No, but I knew it anyway.

See what I did there?

Hey, what's going on?

Samantha asked what happened to me last night.

I didn't know what to say.

So, what did you say?

She assumed I wanted to be alone,

so I let her think that.

That's not true.

I didn't just let her think that.

I lied to her.

I told her she was right.

Well, that's not ideal,

but I know what it's like to be having a tough conversation

and not wanna say something

that's gonna hurt the other person.

Did something happen?

Thomas and I ended it tonight.

Oh, my God. Donna,

I didn't know you were together.

I would never have-- Listen to me.

It was already over, and he knew it.

Are you sure? I'm sure.

Harvey, you didn't do anything wrong.

I swear.

Thanks.

SAMANTHA: You ready to do a deep dive

into Kaldor's clients?

As long as we're going after Kaldor's,

what do you say we also go after Ellen Rand's?

What do you think this pile is?

Louis.

It's been too long. LOUIS: It has.

But I'm sorry to say this is not a social call.

I'm guessing this has something to do

with Robert's disbarment.

I just discovered, as of today,

we do not have one single applicant

from any of the top ten schools,

and I was hoping you could help us change that

by steering students our way.

Because, as you know,

if Harvard comes, the rest follow.

Louis, I'm not a recruiter.

But when you suggest something, Henry,

the students listen. Except they don't come to me

for things like that. Fine, I can come to them.

You have an ethics conference coming up.

Let me be the keynote speaker.

Louis, the university has approval of all speakers.

There's no way they're gonna let you be keynote right now.

Professor, please, I...

I have nowhere else to turn.

I need your help.

All right, Louis.

I'll try.

But if I'm gonna vouch for you,

I want you to tell me what happened.

Robert undercutting you just to get even?

I don't buy it.

If you could figure out Robert wouldn't do this,

you could figure out the truth.

Harvey.

Louis...

how could this happen on your watch?

You know what, Henry?

Shit's happened on your watch too.

Shit that you did,

and we helped you get out of it.

Louis, I'm not criticizing you.

I'm concerned about you.

Then why don't you concern yourself

with what I just asked of you?

And concern yourself with it before the end of the week.

You won't just be signing the best legal team in the city.

You'll also be gaining access

to our network of high-powered clients.

Clients like this one,

who would love to finance your Singapore expansion.

Ms. Wheeler, I didn't get to where I am today

by turning down a free lunch,

but I'm starting to think you're wasting my time.

How so? By not acknowledging

your firm's Robert Zane problem. What Robert Zane problem?

Look, I like Robert, but I can't sell this move.

To my board, Zane is a four-letter word.

Robert's disbarment doesn't reflect

the culture at our firm. Then why aren't you

taking his name down? You

gotta understand the history.

Keeping Zane's name up sends the signal

that you stand by what he did. We do stand by him.

He was a great lawyer and an even better man,

and the Bar's decision doesn't change that.

Then I'll be blunt. His name is only half of it.

It's a matter of his people. What do you mean, "his people"?

One of your partners came from the Robert Zane coaching tree.

And you know what they say about trees and apples.

What are you trying to say? I'm saying--

the only way we'd consider signing

is if you were to let Ms. Wheeler go.

That's not gonna happen.

I'm not going anywhere. I wish you luck.

But there is no way

we're leaving Rand Kaldor to sign with you.

And if you think anyone else will,

you're not the lawyer I've always heard you were.

Harvey, where are you? I struck out.

If we don't come up with something,

we might as well give Eric the keys to Robert's house,

because he is gonna end up with all of his clients.

Samantha.

How's it going with Zane's roster?

At the moment, it's not going at all.

Listen to me. Our reputation took a hit.

If the clients people most expect to leave

decide to stay, it's gonna send a message

that we can be trusted. I don't know what to tell you.

We had a plan to go on offense

and it's not working out on my end.

What about Harvey? I don't know.

You don't know?

I have been breaking my back to get this done

and I can't even reach Harvey, which makes me wonder

if he even gives a shit about this at all.

Don't say that. The night it happened,

he did not sleep a wink because he was up all night at Donna's

trying to figure out what to do.

Was he, now? Yeah, he was.

Well, that is good to know.

In fact, you might have just given me an idea

about how we can keep Robert's clients after all.

Hello? STEVEN: Alex.

Steven Faulkner. How are you?

To tell the truth, better than I was yesterday.

I looked into whether you had precedent

to make us remove Robert's name, and what do you know?

You don't. Is that a fact?

It is. Seven years ago,

another firm had a partner disbarred

and you didn't just let them leave up his name.

You let them leave up his bio too.

Since we're talking about bios, let's talk about yours.

Because I'm not just calling to check in.

I'm calling to make you an offer.

Become managing partner.

What? That's right.

We may not have authority to make you change your name,

but we do have authority to make changes

to a firm's leadership when it fails.

Bullshit. Don't believe me?

Look it up. You seem to like doing that.

I like my partners, and there's no way I would betray Louis.

If you don't take action, there will be consequences.

There have already been consequences.

You came to me with two proposals,

so let me give you two answers.

Go to hell and go fuck yourself.

You get my message? Yeah, I did.

Good. So nice of you to return.

I didn't return your call because I've been busy

trying to come back with good news.

And?

Look, Samantha-- That's what I thought.

It doesn't matter anyway,

we're gonna give Eric what he wants.

Robert's clients? We can't do that.

Not his clients, Harvey. Yours.

What happened to "teammates don't do that"?

Things change. Like what?

Why don't you ask your girlfriend?

I don't know what you're talking about.

Like hell you don't.

You didn't leave the other night to go be alone.

You left to be with Donna.

And Louis might buy that bullshit

about you being up all night talking about what to do,

but I know talking is not what you were up to.

Samantha, listen-- Why don't we skip the part

where you try to explain why you lied and get to the part

where you give Eric your clients?

First of all, you have no idea

what happened between me and Donna the other night.

Second of all, I don't believe

you're asking me to give up my clients

because you're, what, jealous?

You think this is because I'm jealous?

Then what the hell is it about? I lost everything that night.

Robert was everything to me,

and the person I lost him for was you.

Instead of feeling bad about it like you said you did,

you were off having a little romp

with person whose fault it really was.

Give up your clients or don't,

but if your answer is no,

I'm gonna put you through that wall.

Yes, may I help you? SHEILA: Katrina Bennett.

I'm Sheila Sazs. Sheila.

Yes, we meet at last.

Indeed we do.

And I must say, it is-- Save it.

You don't like me. I don't like you.

But we both would kill for Louis, and I respect that.

I'm listening. This firm's in trouble,

and I won't let it go down while my captain is at its helm.

You're talking about the ramifications of Robert leaving.

I'm talking about no one trusting you

while his name is on that wall.

I always admired Robert.

But if I'm being honest,

I had my doubts about leaving his name up.

Then I was right to come to you.

You think he'll hear it better if it comes from me?

I don't care how he hears it. It just needs to get done.

Then it will. Good.

But don't mention my coming here.

I told him I had book club tonight.

What are you saying you read? Eat Pray Love.

Good choice, except that is the kind of thing

he'll want to read with you, assuming he hasn't already.

Oh, God, you're right. I suggest Amazons.

It's about hockey. He'll never pick it up.

Perhaps I might like you after all.

I have to admit, when I look at you

I see myself.

Though, more attractive

with far less sexual magnetism.

Why would you say that to me?

Because I'm starting to care about you,

and truth be told, your beauty's a turn-off.

Friendly advice:

you might want to frump it up a bit.

Remember that thing about not telling anyone? Samantha knows.

From that look on your face, she's not taking it well.

She's not taking anything well. Let me guess,

she lost the most important person

in her life, and then finds out

the night it happened we're having a party.

Something like that. You can't really blame her.

No, not for that.

But I can sure as hell blame her for the things she said.

How bad? Bad. I'm telling you,

if she weren't a woman-- If there is one thing

I know about Samantha, it's that she wouldn't want you

to treat her differently because she's a woman.

What are you saying? Sounds like

she's spoiling for a fight.

When somebody wants a fight,

you have no choice but to give it to them.

I am not getting in the ring with Samantha.

Yes, you are.

She boxes every morning.

You go in tomorrow,

let her get it out of her system.

Are you nuts? I'm not hitting a woman.

I'd be more worried about losing to that woman.

I am not losing to anyone! She is military trained.

Louis said she put down his mugger

in about five seconds flat,

and from what I know about fighting,

the more pissed off person usually wins.

Harvey, listen to me.

She needs this just like you would.

If you're not willing to give it to her,

that's not looking out for her.

That's just disrespecting her.

Whatever it is, I am tired of talking.

We're not talking. We're going right now.

I'm not fighting you. Yeah, you are.

You've been talking about it since you got here.

Now you're pissed, and you said you wanted

to put me through a wall. Well, here I am.

I want to put you through a wall, but not today.

You feel awful about what you did,

and I don't want excuses when I kick your ass.

I don't need excuses.

Get out of my face. I'm not going anywhere.

Watch yourself. You're in the ring

with the man who's responsible for disbarring your mentor.

I'm warning you. Who put

his needs in front of yours.

You don't want to do this. Who decided his love life

was more import--

♪ See twin eagle birds Up in the tree ♪

I guess it's on. Yes, it is.

♪ One for you And there's one for me ♪

♪ When we thought we might be Losing our minds ♪

♪ We saw the signs ♪

♪ Don't nobody Wanna be lonely ♪

Ready to be done? Oh, I'm just getting started.

♪ Don't nobody Wanna be lonely ♪

♪ Everybody oughta be Loved sometime ♪

Katrina, what are you doing here so early?

I need to talk to you, and I need it to be

before this place is crawling with people.

Okay, what is it?

It's what everyone in this firm knows has to be done

and no one seems willing to tell Louis.

You mean taking Zane's name down?

Yes, that's what I mean. He's not gonna want to do it.

You think I do?

But the longer we leave his name up there,

the more damage we inflict on ourselves.

See that right there?

You know what I mean. So, what if I do?

Why are you coming to me and not Harvey or Donna?

It's going to come down to a vote,

and without you and Louis pushing the others,

it's never going to happen.

And if that's not good enough, because you owe me.

No, you're not calling that in for this.

Did you think I was gonna ask you to wash my car?

Alex, you know this is the right thing to do.

What the hell is stopping you?

He didn't do it, Katrina.

Robert didn't do it.

For what it's worth, I didn't think he did.

But that doesn't matter,

because he said he did.

All right.

I'll get Louis to agree.

I'm surprised you have the strength to pick that up.

Me? I'm surprised you can sit

after I kicked your ass.

You didn't kick anything, but I'll admit,

you did pretty good for a guy in his 70s.

Hey, those are fighting words.

You wanna go again? No.

Me neither.

Look, if you want me

to give up my clients to Kaldor, I will.

But is that what Robert would want?

No.

It's not what I want, either.

Then what is?

We fight for his clients.

We keep who we can keep,

but his name stays up no matter what.

I can live with that.

So can I.

HENRY: Louis. Henry, hi.

Thanks for getting back to me so soon.

Listen, I-- About what I said earlier--

Don't give it another thought.

I understand you're under a lot of stress.

I'm sorry to say I'm about to add to it.

Don't tell me, they said

I'm not welcome as keynote speaker.

Even if they didn't, Louis, Harvard students

are not going to be fooled by some speech.

They're going to respond to your actions.

Damn it, I'm taking every action I can think of.

No, Louis, you're bending over backwards

to avoid taking the one action you should.

Thanks for trying, Henry.

Take care, Louis.

You look like you just got some bad news.

I did.

This thing...

our reputation, it's worse than I thought.

Actually...

that's what I'm here to talk to you about.

No, I'm not doing it.

Louis, even Katrina knows it's the right thing.

She went behind my back?

She would have told you to your face,

but I didn't give her the chance.

Why not?

I didn't want her to hear that the Bar tried

to get me to take over as managing partner.

They can't do that. They can, and they have.

In '97, they got a name partner to step in as managing partner

in exactly the same situation.

You're here to tell me you're taking over.

I'm here to tell you that if they can do that,

what else can they do? I don't know.

And I don't want to find out.

It's gonna require a vote. And we have two right here.

We need three.

You know Samantha will not say yes.

And neither will Donna,

since this whole thing started with her.

Harvey. He's our only chance.

I say we go see him right now. No.

I went to him with something like this before.

He didn't like it then, and he won't like it now.

And I'm telling you, the only chance we have

of him saying yes is if I go to see him alone.

Gina, I know Kaldor said

that if you went with them, they'd--

Look...

If it's your final decision,

there's nothing left for me to say.

That was one of Robert's clients, wasn't it?

What can I say? You win some. You lose some.

That's why I'm here, Harvey.

Been losing too many,

and we need to put an end to this.

What are you talking about?

Taking Robert's name down.

Not gonna happen. Harvey--

Damn it, Louis, I gave Samantha my word!

You said-- I know what I said.

But since then, the Bar has been up our asses,

clients have been dropping like flies,

and we're not gonna have any associates next year

if we do not do this.

Alex is with me. That's two votes.

Your vote makes it happen. Makes what happen, Louis?

I was explaining to Harvey-- You weren't explaining shit.

You were going behind my back

trying to pull Robert's name down.

Over my dead body is that gonna happen.

Well, it is not only up to you.

You gave me your word Robert's name stays up.

Did you tell him that? Yes, I did.

What the fuck is going on here?

If we don't do this, this firm has no future.

Then let me be clear: if you do this, I'm gone,

and you'll be lucky if I don't go to the Bar

and tell them what really happened.

You really think she's gonna go to the Bar?

I don't know. Well, goddamn it, Harvey,

his name stays up and his clients go,

we might as well just close up shop.

Then we'll just have to make sure his clients stay.

What the hell does that mean?

We don't need to take Robert's name down.

We just have to keep his clients.

Well, we aren't keeping his clients.

We haven't been, Louis, but we can.

And I know just where to start.

Well, look what the cat dragged in.

You're backing off, and you're backing off now.

Whose am I getting, Robert's or yours?

Wait, don't tell me, don't tell me.

I wanna guess this one.

They're mine. Wow, I would have

totally gotten that wrong.

You must really be hating this right now.

What did she do to convince you?

Take your win and go home.

It's no fun winning if you can't rub it in.

I knew she had Zane wrapped around her finger,

I just didn't-- Finish that sentence.

Go ahead, finish that sentence.

I'll treat 'em well. You do that.

And don't you ever say another word about Robert again.

You trying to decide if you're gonna kill Louis or not?

It's fifty-fifty.

Well, if it makes any difference,

Rand Kaldor officially backed off.

Harvey gave his clients to Eric?

He did.

But he still has one more to give up,

and it's one of his favorites.

Brick Street Athletics.

Why? He wanted to make a gesture.

He did, or you did?

He did, Samantha.

It was 100 percent his idea.

I just asked if I could be the one to tell you

because it would give me a chance to say something

that I need to say.

Donna, you don't have to.

I put myself over the firm, and it cost you dearly.

If I'm being honest, if I could somehow go back

and take it all away, I don't know if I would.

But I'm sorry.

I am so sorry.

Donna...

he didn't just leave because of you.

What?

He did something years ago...

for me.

It had been eating him up, and I didn't know about it.

When he left, he told me, and ever since then--

No wonder you were so upset.

You felt responsible.

He's gone, Donna.

I know.

But for what it's worth,

we're here to pick up the slack.

I imagine you heard about Zane's name staying up.

I did.

Look, I know it goes without saying,

but I'm gonna say it anyway.

I still owe you. No.

I asked you to convince Louis, and you did that.

You don't owe me anything.

Well, I might not owe you,

but that doesn't mean you can't still come knocking.

I guess this means we're rolling the dice

that keeping Zane's clients will be enough.

I guess it does.

Alex, I don't mean to pry,

but do you know something I don't?

Nothing worth telling.

Night, Katrina.

I've got to admit,

I never thought I'd see this place again.

Even with the furniture, it's not the same without him.

Harvey, why did you want me to meet you here?

Mike asked me to rent it out for them when they left.

I never did.

Well, it must have cost them a fortune.

Didn't cost them a thing.

I created a fake tenant.

I've been paying rent ever since.

In case they came back.

I know it sounds crazy, but-- It's not crazy.

You know, I'm glad that Louis interrupted us

the other morning.

You are? Yeah.

Gave me time to realize I have more to tell you.

Like, about this apartment?

It used to remind me of all the things I've lost.

But now it reminds me of all the things...

you've helped me accept.

What do you mean?

A week ago I never would have come over

knowing that you were with Thomas.

But that night, I didn't even think about it,

because once it hit me that we should be together,

it felt like we've always been together.

Uh-oh, you're gonna make me cry.

I'm just getting started.

I thought I was gonna lose everything at that hearing,

and then I didn't.

But I felt empty.

And then I won...

and you weren't there.

What I'm trying to say is that that night,

everything finally made sense.

I'm finally where I'm supposed to be.

We both are.

What?

Guess whose name I put on the fake lease?

Rick Sorkin.

That's the kid who didn't show up

for his interview the day you hired Mike.

See? That's what I love about you.

You get me.

"Love about me"?

Love about you.

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♪ Now we're looking Good as gold ♪

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♪ Higher than a rocket go ♪

♪ Deeper we dive Over our heads ♪

♪ We're so alive Sleep when we're dead ♪

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♪ Now we're looking good... ♪

Louis Litt? Yeah.

My name is Faye Richardson.

I'm here on behalf of the New York Bar Association.

Here to do what? This is a court order

granting me full control of your law firm

under the Bar's special master provision.

No.

You can't do this. You're correct.

You do have a choice. You can refuse,

in which case tomorrow morning

the Bar will suspend every partner in this firm

from practicing law for six months.

You do that, you might as well take us apart brick by brick.

Be that as it may,

the only way to avoid that outcome

is for you to sign that document right now.