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I'm Madeline Matlock. I'm a lawyer like the old TV show. Most of what you know

about me is based in truth, but it's also a lie. Good evening, Mrs. Kingston.

Who the hell are you? I wasn't like this before your firm protected the

pharmaceutical company that killed my daughter. Joey's Alfie's father.

I am offering you a chance to get sober.

Emmeline Belvin is the Redditor, so I need to get close to her.

There are so few people I trust.

You knew that while Brexit took those documents.

If you posted on a Reddit board. I did what I could.

I can't believe Olympia hid the document.

Are you ready to end this? Write to the New York Times.

I compiled a list of Madeline and Edwin Kingston's federal offenses.

What are you going to do when you and Edwin go to jail? You're not going to

sweet Alfie live with his junkie father, are you? You think a jury is going to

convict me?

It'll be your kids who grow up without parents.

From now on, I'm in charge.

Don't worry, Nadine. We scheduled an emergency hearing. AJ, I could just kiss

you. I'm not afraid of war. Now, I won't on account of that wedding ring, but

believe you me, I want to.

What's going on?

Oh, morning, boss.

Short story shorter, AJ here saw me lugging in my fiddle leaf fig, he bound

dolly, and we almost made out.

Thanks again, AJ.

Anything for you, Maddie.

i told you to think home emotion is clouding your judgment i'm useful and

sooner we nail senior the sooner i'm out of your life so let's find the

mysterious deborah palmer and see what she knows oh because suddenly you're

we're focusing on senior huh you're fine with you're fine with julian getting

immunity fine no accepting yes point is You won.

Well, then what is with the plant?

It's just a little bit of insurance in case you plan to tell people I'm leaving

the firm.

I'm putting down roots.

Unfortunately, I do not believe you or trust you. Well, turn that beat around.

I promise anything you say stays between you and me and my fiddle leaf fig.

Hey, wait up.

Don't want to lose the fig leaf.

Well, hey there, Emily.

What's this?

approved through building services.

My fig leaf?

I didn't know it had to be. All vegetation over three feet. And I can't

slide today.

What's going on here? There was a security breach. What kind of security

It's all just rumors at this point. Solidifying, though. I'm cross

six group chats, including staff support, who always have the inside

happened? A reporter called Jacobson Moore asking questions about wrongdoing

the World Brexit Opioid Litigation.

Betty, do you know anything about this rumor?

No.

Definitely the first time I'm hearing about it. No shade, but you're not

an information hub. And what is with the plant? Ignore the plant. Does Senior

know? Not only does he know, he called in the executive committee.

The partners in charge are in New York? Yep. And according to the tax law flag

channel, Roger Chilton from the D .C. office arrived at 7 a .m. Heard he's

shortlisted for the next attorney general.

God help us.

Patrolling on Barbie? Three first years spotted her wearing sunglasses inside.

Apparently she flew in on the corporate jet.

Oil and gas pays for it.

Barbara Greer gets to use it. Oh, and?

I don't know. I Johnny Hill myself.

And jeez, that guy?

He's older than... Well, the point is, they dusted the old man off and shipped

him over. The only partner in charge not spotted was Eva Munoz.

Okay, good.

In a true emergency, she'd show up. Okay, then. Looks like she's not

Okay, wait. I just got an update.

Morning.

Howard, still with the plaid? All in favor of banning those ridiculous

Eva, welcome.

Been a while.

Huh? Time flies, Howie.

I still can't believe it's already been 15 years and 62 days since our divorce.

Made a little widget so I could keep count.

Reminds me each day is a gift.

So, why would a reporter call and exactly what was said?

Management wants the New York partners to join the meeting. Guess I'll find

You two, meet with Nadine about her emergency hearing. Her cousin, Pierre,

opened up a food truck two days ago that is a total copy of her restaurant, so

we need to shut it down.

Maddie, come with me. I have feedback about the research you did.

There's some weird tension going on between Maddie and Olympia.

What should we do? Focus on the case. Everyone's tense.

There's a potential leak at the firm.

Of course I didn't know this was going to happen. Then why is the reporter

calling? Probably because I contacted the Times, asked to meet, and then stood

them up twice.

Okay, so the reporter is just shaking trees.

Agreed. So you go into the meeting, find out exactly what happened and what the

firm's planning to do, and then report back. Report back? Betty, you're no

longer calling the shots. I'll tell you what I want to tell you. Go water your

plants.

Here's what we know. A so -called whistleblower reached out to a reporter

said there was a document hidden in Welbrecht's opioid litigation.

Obviously a complete fabrication.

Clearly. The reporter sent an inquiry to our comms team. Comms fired back with a

machine gun. So now we focus on finding the person responsible for maligning the

firm. Olympia!

Welcome to the big leagues.

You're the only one who doesn't know Lester Logan had a security.

We call him the wolf.

Nice to meet you.

Same.

Eager to see how you handle this.

He'll put some dynamite right in the foxhole.

Smoke that leak out.

How you been trying to reach you? Sorry, how'd it go with Olympia? Did she

believe you were on board to let Julian off the hook? She definitely did not.

Well, you knew it was going to take some convincing. And in the meantime, we'll

figure out a way to get leverage back.

Yeah, well, let's talk about that later. There was a little bus accident this

morning. The firm thinks there's a mole?

Yeah, exactly right.

Are you coming home? No, I need some more info first. I'll text you if I'm

taking the subway.

There you are, Maddie. Is everything okay with Olympia?

Everything okay with Grammy?

Oh, fine. No problem at all. It's my dad.

He took the money. He's not going to rehab.

Oh, no, no. We haven't heard yet. Grammy mentioned some small thing about a bus

accident, that's all. The firm knows there's a mole? We don't know.

Grammy's investigating.

She should just leave.

Something more interesting than my chicken? Oh, I'm so sorry, Daddy.

Family issues. Hope your family's not dragging you into litigation.

Oh, my grandson's 14, so everything's litigation.

And your cousin Pierre is about to be slapped with an injunction because his

food truck is a total clone of your restaurant. I mean, the menus, the

identical to Nana Rue's kitchen. It's because Pierre wants people to think

the same restaurant, so he can succeed on the back of mine. Hard work.

Well, he clearly regrets letting you buy him out.

Exactly, William.

Billy's fine. No, you have a young face. William's better. You know, I can't

believe that Pierre is doing this. Nana's kitchen was about our

legacy. But Pierre, he only cares about dollar signs. He doesn't care about the

Y. I commend you for focusing on the Y, Nadine.

And when we squash Pierre in court, what do you say we all celebrate over some

more Nana Rose chicken?

Now, I'm not asking for a freebie, just for a chance to jump that dang line

outside your restaurant.

We squash Pierre, y 'all can jump the line for life.

Kids, we need to win. I'm going to go prep those exhibits.

Quick question.

heard the head of security is here? Is it true they're confiscating any device

used inside the building? Follow -up question.

Should I delete photos or who cares?

Oh, honey, if they ask you about nudes, you call me because you have a lawsuit.

Were you in the partner meeting?

I was.

And the wolf really flew in?

Mm -hmm.

This is good for us.

Well, he'll find the source of the leak. My dad will obliterate the person,

neutralize the threat with an NDA.

Nothing's hanging over our heads.

I also was thinking about who had passed the hall that day.

There's an anonymous tip line that I can do nothing.

You're being interviewed, so just keep it simple. You're not the leak. You

know who the leak is. We'll talk later.

And where are you going?

Better if I stay home and let you handle things. It's no longer an option.

Head of security is here, and he is starting his interviews with the 15

who worked on Wild Brexit during the opioid litigation, which includes me. So

you are going to stay and help me get through my interview, partner.

Because if I go down, you go down.

I'll advise you from afar.

Alfie wants me home. Tell him why you can't leave. He's a smart kid. He'll

understand. I'm not sure he will.

Alfie's pretty worried. If something happens to me, he'll have to live with

junkie father.

I needed your leverage. You weren't seeing straight. Well, I'm seeing

now, I assure you. Same.

But if you want to work together again, prove it. Because if I get caught, the

firm will lawyer up, the crime will be buried forever, and there will be no

justice.

Mattie's not even coming to court.

She and Olympia are definitely fighting. What do we do? Leave the chain. Hey,

answer tails for the first chair. I'm asking you a serious question. And I'm

giving you a serious answer. Look, right now my sisters are debating who should

be my future child's godmother. I got 145 texts in the last hour, which could

stress me out. Except I leave the chain, because you know what happens if I get

involved? You get the godmother of your choice?

No. I got three out of four sisters mad at me, I'm telling you.

Whatever's going on between Matt and Olympia, stay out of it. And if he

tell me.

I'll run point on the stairs.

Put the damn coin.

Finally.

Have you left the office?

I can't, but I promise I'll keep my eye on the commute home.

Can I talk to Alfie? Oh, he insisted on packing a go bag in case, so we did. And

then an email came in. Can you handle more news right now? Not really, but lay

it on me, baby.

Joey's checked into rehab.

Oh. Yeah.

How happy is Alfie?

I'll let him tell you.

It's your grandma.

Did you hear? I heard.

I'm thrilled, darling.

Your Honor, this discovery came as a shock.

Pierre Roux opened his food truck in clear violation of the agreement that he

and Nadine Roux signed when she bought him out of the restaurant they started

together. Under the terms of said buyout, Pierre cannot open a similar

restaurant. And yet, the trademark and trade dress violations are clear.

He's copying the law. Fewer words, please. Oh.

what I'm trying to say is that if people... You were.

Pierre's food truck creates customer

confusion.

Harms Nadine's brand.

Agreed. Evidence is pretty clear. Your client going to deny it? No need.

Nadine acquiesced. Do you open it?

That is ridiculous, Your Honor. If opposing counsel is going to make such

allegations, he better use more words than that. Only need four.

I have a witness.

If you're surprised, act surprised.

If you're offended, act offended.

Just make sure your face and your body are aligned.

And don't answer anything quickly.

Establish the pace early on so if you have to think, it's built in.

Okay. How much longer till your meeting? Seven minutes. Is there anything else

that you know?

I'm trusting you, Maddie. Good, because we're on the same team, like I said.

Your face and your body aren't aligned.

I'm sorry I had to go there with Alfie's father.

Reminder to be precise with your words.

Sorry means if you could do it again, you'd do something differently.

You have a blind spot.

If there were any other case... It's not any other day.

In my case, it's my daughter and her legacy.

Hello?

Whoa, slow down, Sarah. What?

Okay, get as long a reset as you can. I'll call you right back.

Pierre's claiming acquiescence, so I'm just going to push my meeting with

security. No, keep it.

If you seem nervous, you got an excuse. Your case is blowing up. I'll help Billy

and Sarah.

You've got this.

Just... Stick close to the truth and use the same tone when you say you aren't

the leak as when you say, I have no idea who the leak is.

Yes. It is difficult to imagine a newly minted partner with an ax to grind.

Exactly. I left that partner reached out to the reporter prior to finding out

about the promotion.

Frankly, I thought Julian would be the one to make partner.

You bet on nepotism. I bet on the fact that since you often go after

corporations, leadership was unhappy.

It's well documented. Things were tense at the office.

You'd gotten dressed down after a big win. Not to mention you'd recently

Julian cheated with a co -worker.

Dynamite in the foxhole?

Did I get any facts wrong? No, the facts are correct.

And were you upset with the firm?

Upset? Yeah.

Short -sighted and vindictive?

No.

And let me be clear.

When I'm upset, I do not call the times.

I put my head down, and I work even harder, which is likely how I earned my

promotion. So do not bet against me next time.

I won't.

When was the big argument between your niece and nephew, Lynetta?

On my husband Franklin's 75th birthday, April 9th.

Can you walk us through what happened?

I thought Nadine and Pierre could tolerate being in the same room

It's been two years since they split as business partners, but no, no, no, no,

no. Same old thing.

Pierre liked to run his mouth.

Now, you know you do, honey. And he was giving Nadine all these tips. Now, mind

you, her restaurant's her regular sensation.

So why is he giving her pointers, right?

It would drive me crazy, too, honey. What happened next?

Nadine got fed up and said, if you think you know so much, do it better

yourself. Objection, Your Honor. That's clearly sarcasm. Ma 'am, is there a

chance your niece was being sarcastic? I thought she meant it as a challenge.

Sounds like acquiescence to me.

I agree. And if Nadine refuses to let my client... Maddie found something. ...we

have detrimental reliance, Your Honor. Because after Uncle Franklin's birthday,

Pierre relied on her challenge and put his plans into motion. I move to dismiss

this case on those grounds.

Your Honor, State B may reverse the lower court for not giving adequate time

refute a claim of detrimental reliance. If you dismiss this case... Enough

words. I'll grant you 24 hours. But in the meantime, Pierre's food truck stays

open.

I'm so sorry again that I wasn't there myself. But I got a call from your

cousin's lawyer. It seems Pierre is open to buying back into the partnership at

a higher rate. Of course he is. I'm successful now. That's why he pulled

whole food truck scam because he's trying to bully me into taking him back.

Thank you, but no. You have to be able to trust a partner.

Understood. But you also get ownership in his food truck. We can negotiate

extremely favorable terms. This isn't about terms.

It's about her grandmother's legacy.

Exactly. I put my whole soul into that restaurant. I've given up so damn much,

and I did it for Nana Rue, not for money.

The answer's no.

Then we have 24 hours to undermine his claim of detrimental reliance.

Nadine, make a list of everything required to open a restaurant, because

Pierre so much as ordered a napkin before Lynetta's husband...

Franklin. Before Franklin's birthday?

Then we crushed Pierre's claim that he didn't plan a single thing until Nadine

said, do it better yourself.

Draw up a subpoena fast. We need all correspondence related to the food

And Maddie, looks like Mrs. B needs something.

Maybe it has something to do with your plant.

The short answer is yes. I agree Olympia and Maddie aren't getting along.

But what I can't understand is why are you acting so crazy about it? How far

back should Pierre's subpoena go, do you think?

Crazy is a gendered word which I resent and refute. As for the subpoena, if I

were to go nuclear, I would start when my enemy achieves success.

It just meant that you're acting out of character because traditionally you

enjoy conflict, hence going nuclear on successful enemies.

Nuclear is loud and upfront and direct. When it's silent and cold and tense, I

don't know what's going on, and then I'm afraid we're going to end up with Gary.

A few more words, please.

At the end of high school, things got really quiet with my parents. But no one

said anything to me, which was weird, because we talked about everything.

Then I went away to college, and a week later, my parents tell me they're

getting a divorce.

And when I came home that summer, you know who moved into my childhood house?

Gary.

Gary. And you're scared our work family will break up because it means so much

to you.

You are so cringe, I literally just vomited in my mouth.

Just blink once, if I'm right.

Okay.

Nothing's breaking up. Maddie and Olympia are solid. It's just the 10th

because of the leak.

What's going on?

I got an email alert.

I have an appointment tomorrow with the head of security.

Did you call a reporter?

No, but I did break protocol years and years ago, and I'm

pretty sure...

It's related to this leak.

I can't even look at you.

Please do.

Evelyn, I don't know what you did, but I do know you are a grade -A diamond of a

human being.

And if you broke protocol, I'm sure you had a good reason.

I can't tell you how much that means to me.

I did have a good reason, but I went about it wrong and can't have it both

right?

Anyway, I guess this is me saying goodbye.

What? I can't lie.

Not to the head of security.

You just said you aren't the leak.

But I have information that might help locate the leak. And if I'm leaving, it

should be honorable.

Well, yes, but you're not leaving.

What time's your meeting?

We have a problem, and we have to solve it by noon tomorrow.

Support staff are being interviewed.

including Mrs. Belden.

Why is that a problem?

What don't I know, Maddie? Do you want to look over our subpoena?

I'm sorry, is now not a good time? What's the question?

Sarah. Nothing.

I think it's strong. Great. Send it in.

Why can't Mrs. Belden be questioned?

Because she's the one who wrote the post that started it all.

Emmalyn Belvin is the Redditor.

Can she fake a heart attack?

She's at a facility, not Meryl Streep.

Okay, then maybe we get her to dance around it in the interview.

Emmalyn's a terrible liar, and she's an incredibly moral woman. That's why she

wrote the Reddit post in the first place. She wants to walk in and confess.

Fine. Read her in then. Tell her everything. It's too risky.

I've had to do some uncomfortable things to get information from her, and she'll

be angry, and it will take her time to process... Your betrayal? Oh, you don't

have to explain it to me, Maddie.

We have to pivot to a patsy.

Someone outside the firm. And sacrifice them?

No.

Maybe we make security think it's that person while we set up a deep fake.

Someone did.

Before tomorrow at noon.

What?

I don't know, but we have to figure out something.

Agreed.

Look, if Belvin is confessing tomorrow anyway, maybe we get her to swallow the

leak, too, since it's all related. She can confess to writing a post in the

past, say it started bugging her again, and... Of course that's your answer.

You have another?

Yeah. Julian goes to the Times and confesses. That wouldn't even fix this.

The Times will take months to investigate him. Meanwhile, Belvin

Senior covers all tracks, and there is no justice, Maddie. Well, then we better

come up with something else because Belvin cannot walk into that room

Judge sent us a sui sponte email regarding our subpoena.

Five words. Why is this so broad?

Your Honor, I apologize. My junior associates are new at drafting subpoena

requests. Are you saying you didn't read it?

Of course I read it. They convinced me that all the items requested are

relevant. Personal text going back two years. Pierre's Instagram DMs. It's a

blatant phishing expedition.

Agreed, Ms. Lawrence. You know better. What I know is that words are more

powerful than most people realize. And you know that, too. Or you wouldn't have

ruled that the four words Nadine said granted Pierre acquiescence. So now...

Let's give Pierre's words that same power. Because if he said one word that

indicates he took one action to open his food truck even one minute before that

birthday dinner, we win.

Is that it?

It.

Judge Dresden granted the subpoena.

But how could you file something so broad?

Why didn't you run it by me first?

I tried, but you and Maddie were arguing. We were not arguing.

Not true.

You have been all day.

I grew up with four sisters, so I know all the types of fighting, yelling,

gathering alliances, deadly silence, and blood will be shed, get the children

out of the room, and hide heavy objects. So stop gaslighting Sarah.

Ma 'am.

We'll start to search through the material to see if Pierre made any moves

before April 9th.

You're offering a 50 -50 split on profits and control.

Yep. For Nadine's restaurant, my food truck, all future franchises.

Sounds like somebody's batting it down the hatches because they know a storm is

coming.

What are you scared of?

Our family imploding. There's nothing in my text about me starting before April

9th, but there's a lot of our family talking mess and debating, picking

Debating is good for us, right? Sure is.

Great. Then let's bring everybody in who thought I was being sarcastic and let's

put them on the stand. Just drop a bomb on our family. You're the one that

started a war because you couldn't handle that business was booming.

That is not why. Look, when we broke up the business, it's true. I thought you'd

go belly up because you're doing everything so expensive.

Figured I'd bail you out and we'd restart the business with the right

infrastructure.

to grow it. Oh, I'm so sorry I was so successful.

Not as successful as you could be. Your restaurant can't franchise. My margins

are better. I don't care about franchises and margins. I care about my

grandmother's legacy.

So do I. And yeah, you were her favorite, but we had a relationship,

she died. You know what Nana said to me?

Said we should work together. I don't believe that.

Well, your cousins Yvonne and Maurice were in the room. Ask them.

I'm trying to honor Nana's memory, too.

Not with that knockoff chicken.

Okay. How's this?

I will cease operations if anybody in this room can taste the difference.

No way, because everybody in this room wants me to make the deal.

Maddie doesn't.

William? Ma 'am? Take off your tie.

Mmm.

There she is.

That's Nana Ru's chicken.

Next.

Mmm.

Wow.

That is really good.

Hmm.

Let me just have another bite of this one.

Okay.

I'm sorry, I just can't tell.

See? The only person who can taste the difference, Nadine, is you.

Sleep on it, at least.

What would you do, Maddie?

It doesn't matter what Maddie would do. I'm your lawyer, and I highly recommend

that you think about this overnight.

Let me lay out the options for you. We either subpoena all your aunties, your

uncles, your cousins, take this to the mat and litigate for years, or...

We focus on what's most important to you and start to negotiate.

And I like to litigate, know that.

But you have to consider the terms and the fallout.

You're right.

Mommy and Mommy are fighting, and if the team breaks, we could end up with Gary.

Hmm?

What's up?

This... is my non -cringe way of saying that even if they break, we won't break.

Because the way that you stood up for me with Olympia, even though you are so

conflict -averse and everyone walks all over you... Objection, Your Honor.

Settle down, William.

The point is... you did it.

Ready for our drinks, Skippy?

Hi, um, milk?

I thought we were meeting at the bar. Let's walk together. And for the record,

think, Mother, I'd like to kiss the creepy.

It's kill, not kiss. If you say so.

How'd you piss off your father? Breathe?

Pretty much.

How about your ex -wife?

Is she blindly loyal to him?

I'm only asking because I'm worried.

Time's running out. Let's talk about how we're going to save Belvin. I have a

second interview with the Wolf.

Got an email five minutes ago.

And Julian just told me that Eva is asking questions about my loyalty.

I thought you said your meeting went well. I thought it did. Were you being

evasive? I was direct.

I was calm. I was upset when he started getting personal. You know, I said...

Oh, no.

And let me be clear.

When I'm upset...

I do not call the Times.

I put my head down, and I work even harder.

They never said it was the New York Times.

Okay. Oh.

No. You can fix this. You go back in there, you tell them that you assumed it

was the Times. It's the paper of record. It won't matter. During a second

interview, company policy. They will collect everything. My phone, my

Then wipe them.

Right now. That's detectable with forensics. Then what's the move?

You know the move. We are not using Belvin. She's confessing anyway, and we

no way of stopping her. And you're just too stubborn to see it.

Which is ridiculous.

Can you believe her?

Do you want me to be honest or say you're right?

Both.

Okay, what?

Don't say something dumb.

Well, I don't think I am, but of course it's subjective.

High level. What do you...

We want justice for Ellie, for all the families who lost people because Julian

didn't have the guts to say no when his father called. Understood. But physics

is still physics.

Tomorrow is still tomorrow. And you are the smartest person I know, but you

haven't found a way to bend time.

Julian going to the times doesn't save Belvin tomorrow.

It just means Senior gets off and the crime is covered up. If Olympia is

the crime is covered up. This doesn't feel like justice.

Are you actually saying that Olympia dictates how this goes?

Oh, this is... This is polar white.

Of course.

Isn't polar white? When Ellie came out of rehab.

Do this. You're fixated on her room.

It had to be the perfect white. The kind of white we had in our very first

house.

We were... We were happy there.

She was happy.

We tried 17 shades because it wasn't about the color.

It was how out of control you felt with her addiction.

And now Olympia has her hands on the wheel of our mission, and Joey is in

rehab.

Oh, I can't believe we're here again.

The chaos, the addiction, the worrying if Joey stays sober.

It feels like we're stepping back into the dark ages. Only it's worse.

Because Alfie's getting dragged back into it, too.

And I just, I can't find my footing anywhere or with anything.

Can I hold my hand?

A lot of physics can't go backwards.

I, for one, couldn't bear losing our chance at justice

after all we've given up to get here.

He's saying, change or die, you fool.

Well, I thought I said it a little more poetically, but, yeah.

And for the record, I always wanted to paint that damn room blue.

Bottom line, you've got to think about what's important to you.

And if it's about Nana Ru's legacy, well, I wouldn't blow up your family.

And I know it means losing a little bit of control, but I was thinking about

this last night, and if it were me, I'd be kicking and screaming.

But finally, I'd have to relent to protect that legacy.

What are you scared of?

What will it take to make you feel good about the deal?

I'm afraid of becoming invisible.

Pierre is a big personality.

He's a showman.

Everything becomes about him.

Except with Nana Rue.

She saw me.

Well, legally, we'll make it so that you don't disappear in the decision

-making. We'll make it so that he can't go behind your back.

And right now, you got Nana Rue's face on the napkins.

Let's put it in the contract.

Nana Rue and you, both your faces on the damn napkins. And the cups. And the

cups, yeah.

May I come in?

You don't have to say anything.

I've come to terms with it. In the back of my mind, I knew the bill would come

due. I'm so sorry, Emmeline.

That's all right.

I was going to retire next year anyway.

I just imagined a bit of glory, I guess.

The farewell party, the speeches, the retirement song.

Barry Mellon.

He does a beautiful rendition of I've Had the Time of My Life.

Whatever you did, you said it was for a good reason.

Can you hang on to that at least? You felt strongly about it, and you did

something. That's admirable.

Only, nothing came of what I did.

Well, maybe something will.

Right?

I mean, if this leak happened, that means that there's somebody else out

who is fighting your fight.

And... I don't want to gossip, but Olympia mentioned the New York Times.

And the Times is very reputable.

Well, I guess senior and the wolf, they'll just ferret out whoever it is

shut them down.

Not if I say I was the leak.

Just remember.

Whatever they say about me, there's more to the story.

Hit it.

Two shots of your finest whiskey, good sir.

I picked up your things. Thank you. Know what my last official act was at

Jacobson Orr?

Approved your plant.

Even though it's five inches taller than regulation, suck it.

Oh, Emlyn, I don't deserve you.

How did it go?

Well, it wasn't pleasant being called a vindictive liar.

But I did something good at the end.

I hope.

Before we knock these back, I just want to say a few words on the eve of your

retirement. Oh, Maddie.

Emmeline Belvin, you did your job the way you live your life.

With fierce dedication.

organizational brilliance, and unwavering morality.

And I admire you more than you know.

Well, the

first time in 39 years.

I don't know what I'm going to do tomorrow.

Shame our marriages didn't line up. Could have been fun to have someone

interesting at Thanksgiving.

Come to never round in person instead of going through Julian?

I'm clearly not the leak. I never thought you were.

But a leak in the New York office means senior is slipping.

I thought it was a good time to assess the king's court.

Who's loyal?

Who can think for themselves?

Does thinking for yourself involve unseating the king?

The coup?

Scandalous.

Is that something you'd support?

Is that something you're suggesting?

Play back the tape.

Never suggested it.

First, I am sorry for what I said about Elsie's father.

I was desperate, but it doesn't matter.

I crossed the line, and it won't happen again.

And I plan to wire Mrs. Belvin her salary for next year, anonymously.

Edwin dropped off our gold bag of cash, half a million dollars.

And I'm on his set.

Damn, how rich are you?

Rich enough not to answer that.

No more collateral damage.

You and I have to find a way to work together despite our trust issues.

To bring down seniors.

To ingo states evidence like you wanted.

Body language lines up. I believe you mean that.

What are you scared of?

And what will it take to make you feel good about the deal?

I don't want you to hijack this.

To make it about anything more than my daughter and all the families who lost

the people they loved.

Their legacy.

Agreed.

And I want an apology from Julian.

To me.

And Edwin.

And especially Alfie.

I want Julian to face what this decision cost our family.

It happened to you.

Oh, nice apology text from Olympia.

See?

Amazing things happen when you grow a spine, William. Come on. I didn't want

correct Nadine. She has enough going on. I'm not talking about Nadine. How many

texts from your sisters in the last hour?

Appreciate the feedback, but the baby's godmother is a decision Claudia and I

will make together.

Sent.

Aw.

Hide this or launch it into the Hudson, whichever's faster.

Let's land this plane. Talk to me about the mysterious Deborah Palmer. What have

you learned?

She's a freelance makeup artist, lives in Hell's Kitchen, and from her

Instagram, she and Senior have very little in common.

Well, we have to gather data and plan our approach.

Wish we used Mrs. Belvin's credentials to get access to the World Breakfast

Expense Report.

Could have seen where he and Deborah went.

Yeah, in Australia, 14 years ago.

Yeah.

Wouldn't that be great?

Mm -hmm.

I went in and got Emmalyn's things for her.

Well done, Maddy Matlock.