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We need to talk, Mitch.

What do you want, Addison?

Don't you get it?

I want you!

The real you. Not the grinder.

Not this impenetrable god you need to be for everyone else.

You.

Little Mitchard.

The passionate wunderkind I met in law school.

The guy I made love to.

What if I said I'm not that guy anymore?

What if I said the grinder's who I really am?

Who I was meant to be?

You think it was Mitchard who made love to you that night?

What? That doesn't move you?

I mean, it makes me laugh, but I don't think that that's what you were going

for. Well, this is a huge moment, not just for Mitch and Addison, but for the

whole arc of the series. Is it going over your head? Yeah, maybe it is. I'm

sorry, I gotta get back to work.

Workplace love interest?

Check.

Ethan! Coffee? No. Well, Dad, I have an oral report today. I have to be on. Do

it without coffee.

You guys, listen to this. I was outside getting the newspaper, and guess who

jogged by?

Lyle and Vanessa Gerhardt. The Gerhards? Yeah. As in the Gerhardt Center for the

Performing Arts? Yes.

Oh, I like them. What are they doing jogging in this neighborhood?

Don't they live up on Mountain Crest? Yeah, they're training for a marathon,

and we really hit it off, so they suggested that we have dinner here on

Thursday night.

They suggested we have dinner here?

Yeah. They did? Yeah.

Interesting. What's this face? What, this face? Yeah. This?

This is the face of a skeptic. Someone who's been used his whole life to try

and get close to Dean. And when I get a whiff of that, I just, you know, I just

walk the other way, Deb. We gotta walk the other way. Morning, family. What are

we talking about?

Stuart thinks this couple only wants to be friends with us to get to you.

I live it every day.

Friendships you think are genuine turn out to be based on fraud and personal

gain. La vie du celebrity.

He's blending lemon juice and water. You guys, don't fight it. The only reason I

made varsity basketball is because I told them Dean would come to games.

That's not true, sweetie. Come on, Lizzie. I'm sure that's not the only

reason you made the team. Yes, it is. I'm awful. She's pretty bad. I'm going

to prom with a senior.

I have no illusions about what she's after. Okay, first of all, you're not

going to prom with anyone because you're in middle school.

And second, I'm not as cynical as you.

I think that they might actually like us for what we bring to the table, so I'm

having them over to dinner. Get them over here.

I'll have an answer for you in five minutes.

Okay, new business.

Our client Rory Peacore has been accused of beating up a younger kid on school

grounds. Rory Peacore is in the Allstate High School Wrestling Champ? Rory

Peacore? Yeah, that's him. And he claims it was self-defense, but because he's 6

'2 and dominant in a violent sport, everyone assumes that he started it.

What kind of God makes a world like this?

Okay, you can't say that every time I describe a case. Stu, since I'm back to

full-time now, maybe I should take this one. Uh, I don't know, Dad. I thought we

were gonna maybe...

Kind of ease you back into it. Oh, I like that, too. It feels like it'd be a

good fit for Claire. Why don't you take this one? Great.

Roslandia's my old firm, and I know how they operate. Uh, one thought. Uh, I

love this as well, but maybe I should run point. I'm actually up in the

rotation, not to mention I watch a lot of high school wrestling. That's

televised? I wish. That would save me some gas money. Todd, come on. Claire

just got here. Let's give her something. One could argue that... Okay, that's it.

Thank you, everybody. Yes, thank you, everybody.

Congratulations on the big case, Counselor.

Well, it's not really a big case. It's literally child's play. Oh, schoolyard

bully wrongfully accused.

That's a story that resonates with people.

We did a big episode on it, season two.

Bully Goats Gruff. Joe Gordon-Levitt came in, guest star, right before he

popped. He played Wendell Gruff, an orphan kid in a wheelchair.

Gets rolled downstairs.

Ouch. So, you know, if you want to pick my brain. Yeah, that could definitely

come in handy. Thank you.

Hey, what's her deal? I know she's not a mole, but we still don't like her,

right? I find her fascinating.

But I can see why you might be threatened.

Well, that's funny because I'm not.

But why would I be? Because she's a new character.

New characters always cause a reshuffle. Like when Ivy Dexter, the ambitious

intern, joins Stetson Grinder. You remember what happened to Phil, the

chubby associate. He got written off the show. He got written off the show, yeah.

But I'm sure you're fine.

Hey, I haven't had a chance to welcome you yet. And if there's anything you

need, you come to me.

Thank you, Mr. Sanderson.

Well, this might be a lot to ask, but I wouldn't mind an office.

I think I can make that happen.

Okay, so what about this dress for when the Gerhards come to dinner tomorrow

night? It does not matter, honey, because whatever you wear, they're going

to tell you how great you look because they want to be nice to you because they

want to meet Dean.

So, I've been thinking about how to handle this whole Claire thing. What

Claire thing? Who's Claire?

She's a new attorney I hired. She has no interest in him, and he's never seen

anything like it. Oh, it's kind of incredible.

I mean, Deb, you can help me with this.

What does an authentic woman like?

Well, I guess, you know, someone who's normal.

You know, like a little humble, even.

Humble.

Right. Like Mark Harmon in summer school, when he had to teach the

remedial English class and be super nice to all the idiots.

There's got to be a better example.

Yeah, I feel like I could come up with a few. Humble.

Yeah, great. So, uh, I'll tap into that.

Thanks, you guys.

I feel like that really sunk in. Yeah, yeah.

Yeah.

Helen, how are you?

Yes, my annual donation.

I'm so sorry.

Um,

how do I make out the check? Can I just put CFTB, or do I have to fully write

out Church for the Blind?

Write it out. Great.

Oh, thank you. It is so humbling to be able to help someone like you. Say hi to

Maggie.

Sorry about that.

So embarrassing.

You called me in here for something? I did not.

Huh.

I wonder why.

Um, I guess maybe you were trying to show off and donate to a fake charity in

front of me?

It's not fake to those blind people.

Wow. You really need attention.

Oh, my God, no. Attention? That's my worst nightmare.

I mean, why do you think I always play other people?

Nobody knows.

Claire, can I steal you for a second? Sure. Can we continue this later?

Or maybe move on from it forever?

And we do our little dance.

Be nice. I will try.

I am.

Hi! Come on in!

Nice to see you! Hi, cutie.

Hey, how are you, Kyle?

Long time, pal. Yeah, it's been a while. God, you look great.

What have you been doing?

Free weights or cardio?

Oh, uh, yeah, I try to mix in a little bit of both. When? Whatever it is, it's

working.

Stuart, I don't want to embarrass you, okay, but I have to ask. Were you the

one that fought for that protected left over on the Cedar and 14th? You heard

about that?

Yeah. Yeah, I drafted the petition, and then I wrote what turned out to be the

final ordinance.

Oh, my God, I can't believe it.

I'm sitting across from the guy that shaved 20 minutes off of my commute. He

went on and on about that left. I did. Really? Yeah.

That's so nice to hear. You know, you work on something like that, and then,

you know, you think people don't notice.

Well, I noticed, Stuart.

Hey. Hey, I'm sorry to interrupt.

Oh, Lyle, Vanessa, this is my brother Dean. He just recently moved back home.

Hey, good to meet you.

Oh.

Oh.

Okay, sorry. No, no, no. Dean Sanderson.

You guys are brothers.

Got it. Okay, because of the Sanderson. It's the same last name. Oh, my gosh.

Sorry, we had no idea.

Wow. How does it feel to be back?

It feels right, Lyle.

I mean, there have been some adjustments. Going from TV law to actual

law just has challenges.

No, that was seamless.

relationships in the workplace.

One in particular.

Oh, Claire.

Maybe you should show her how much you care about work and then you could

connect with her on that level. Oh.

Yeah, no, that's something. Yes, talking to someone at work about work is a good

place to start. Anyway, Lyle, Vanessa, it's really been a pleasure meeting you

both. All right.

Behave yourselves.

Uh, okay.

Sue, you never mentioned that your brother was the freaking grinder.

Just my brother to me. You know, I sometimes forget that he's famous.

That's fun.

Yeah. You know what? We should... Why not?

Hey, you know what? I just thought of something. We are co-chairing a

fundraiser next week at the Windsor, and it's a great event. It's very special to

us. It means a lot. And there'll be some heavy hitters there.

Oh, Judge McCann would love him. Judge McCann's gonna be there? So I don't know

if you guys are free, but we would love for you to join us. Oh.

Yeah. Yeah? Yes, that would be great. Thank you. Great. Oh, my God. Wait, we

should invite Dean, too.

Huh. Right?

That's a great idea.

A little. Deb, it was so obvious.

I mean, of course they came over just so they could invite Dean to their charity

thing. Like they didn't know we were brothers. I'm not buying it. Well, they

might not have. They seemed shocked. They did seem shocked. Right? Genuinely

shocked. Yes. You guys, who cares?

You finally have cool friends. Be grateful.

That couple had no interest in you two.

What? Thank you. How could you tell?

I'm finally attuned to the signs.

When I made physical contact with them, I could feel their bodies rising to meet

my hands, and they had that sort of Donner Party look in their eyes, like

that was a steak that they wanted to eat.

I gotta bail.

Wow, this is pretty early for you.

Oh, I have a big day.

I'm taking your advice.

Oh. I'm gonna talk to Claire about work, and I'm gonna let the fact that she's

falling in love with me be the subtext.

Why don't you just work on the case and then let the subtext be that you're

working on the case?

Deb, explain it to him. He's not getting it.

All right.

Okay, so what are we gonna do about this charity thing? I don't know, Deb.

It could be nice for you to meet a judge.

Maybe we should just go and keep an open mind?

Just the two of us? Could be fun.

Okay. All right, maybe you're right. Let's go. Yeah? Let's go, and we'll keep

an open mind.

Open mind.

There you are, Todd.

What are you doing?

Nothing. I don't really have anything to work on. Great. I need you for some

heavy lifting. Oh. Go all of your stuff out of your office.

I'm going to put Claire in there and move you to her cubicle.

What? Stuart said to do that?

Yeah, since I'm just getting my sea legs back, he's assigned me to do some office

management. He assigned you that? You've hardly been around the last three years.

Why didn't I get that assignment? The assignment of downgrading yourself to a

cubicle? That would be awkward, no?

Yeah. I guess that would be awkward.

Stapler?

I'll make you a deal. I'll give you the stapler if you give me the lowdown on

unreasonable search and seizures.

I understand that you wrote about it in your school law review.

That's all mine, huh?

This dude won't give me any real work, and I need a bone to chew on.

So I thought we could talk shop, you know, over coffee.

You want some work?

Those are background checks.

I need someone to go through them and summarize them for me by tomorrow.

Tomorrow? Here's the thing.

This isn't really where I shine. Oh, no? We didn't do a lot of actual paperwork

on the show. We usually just did an all-nighter montage and skipped through

the boring stuff and got right to the juice. Right. See, this boring stuff

that you want to skip over, that's my whole life.

I'm just saying, don't waste me on the details.

Put me out front and let me grind. I have no idea what that means.

I just want you to get to know the real me.

And there is one, right?

Wow, this is nice.

Yeah, really nice.

Oh, thank you.

Thank you.

Oh, my gosh, honey. Is that Congressman Delancey? And look who's talking to you.

That's Judge McCann. Oh, that's Judge McCann. That's Judge McCann. Oh, I'm

supposed to recognize judges now? Oh, hi.

Oh, hi.

How are you? Nice to see you.

Yes, I see you got some dreams. Good, good. Where's Dean?

Is he parking the car? He doesn't trust Fernando.

Uh, no, sadly, Dean couldn't make it tonight.

Oh, damn it. Wow. Didn't see that coming.

Um, still cool that we came, though. We're here. Right? More than cool. Yes.

Oh, cool.

Yeah, because we were excited. Oh, we're so excited.

No, I mean, you know, it is a little bit of a shame, I guess, you know, that Dean

isn't here.

Big shame.

But I'm sure it would have been an equal shame if Dean was here and we couldn't

make it.

I'm sure. For us, no question.

Yeah. But I can't say the same for Brandon Gibgott.

Who's Brandon Gibgott?

He spends his days in the children's ward, you know, fighting for his life.

And he's here tonight because he has a dream.

A dream.

To meet the Grinder.

That's his dream.

That's all he talks about.

It's like the only thing that helps.

So that's why you wanted Dean here. Of course.

Wait, I'm sorry. Why did you think we did?

Yeah! Rebound!

Rebound! Down the court! Down the court!

Pass! There we go, back to Robinson.

Oh, my God, there's your uncle. Can I meet him now?

Maybe later, babe.

Sanderson, get in there.

Oh, yeah, who's this?

Washington, come out.

There we go.

With the ball.

Pass the ball!

Yes, pass!

Pass the ball!

This is Dean.

Dean, hi, where are you?

I am at Lizzie's basketball game.

She is truly hideous to watch. It's a problem.

Uh, okay, fine. We'll deal with that later. I'm in a little bit of trouble

here. Can you come down to the Gearheart's charity thing? I want you to

drop me a pin to your exact location.

Okay, it's at the Windsor. You know where it is. I still need the pin.

Why? Stuart, we don't have time for this. Do you want me to help you, or do

you want me to teach you about pins? Oh, my gosh, fine. I'll text you the pin.

Go, Lizzie!

Sanderson, you're out.

Someone else come in.

Anyone.

It's been challenging.

In and out of hospitals.

My parents' finances have taken a huge hit. What's kept me going, I had to

narrow it down to one thing.

The grinder. The grinder.

Is Dean on his way?

He is, yes. He is on his way.

Great. Because I would love to introduce you to Judge McCann. Great.

Those things aren't related, though, right?

What do you mean?

Well, just the way you said it, it felt like Dean needed to be here in order for

you to make the introduction.

Huh.

Where's the grinder? It's staying forever.

Um, you know, uh, Brandon, we're brothers, Dean and I. And you know how

he played a lawyer on TV?

I am a lawyer in real life.

So? So he just pretends to grind. Oh, God. But I am actually

grinding. So when you think about it right now, you're meeting the real

grind. There he is.

Oh, okay.

Ta-da.

Lyle, Vanessa, it's killer seeing you again.

Now, where is Brandon?

I'm Brandon.

Come on. What do you think I drove all the way down here for? Let's hit the

bar. Go do some shots. All right.

Hey.

Dean, thank you for coming tonight. I'm sorry to rush you down here like that.

Oh, man, it's part of the job.

You know, with fame comes responsibility.

It is the life I have chosen to accept.

How'd you get a... Tuck so fast, you keep one in your car?

Yeah.

So, have the Gerhards revealed their true selves?

Uh, yeah, I think they did.

I'm so sorry.

You know, forget those guys. If they just took the time to get to know you,

they wouldn't even care about meeting me. Thank you, Dean.

I appreciate that.

I just got sucked in.

I guess I just wanted to believe that they liked me for me. But how can you

get someone to like you for you if you don't even know who you are anymore?

I'm talking about me. Yeah, sure.

Well, maybe you just need to take a little time to get used to this new

life. You know, it's a big change, Dean. You were this other guy for so long.

So you're saying that maybe I committed too hard to the character and lost

myself in it?

Mitch lost himself in the grinder, and I did too.

Well, maybe you could just grind a little less.

No. I grind harder.

Harder. But is Dean a real human being?

Hey, Stu.

Where's Dean?

Uh, he, uh, had to leave.

Oh, so soon? He just got here.

He's been here a while.

Took a bunch of pictures.

Aw.

That's a shame. Yeah.

Yeah.

Well, feel free to stick around.

Mm-hmm.

Uh, sorry, Lyle, real quick.

Why wouldn't we stick around?

No, we both just agreed that you should. Yeah, right. So why is it even a

conversation? I don't know what you mean.

Here's what I mean. Uh-oh. I have a hunch that you two were pretending to be

our friends because you were using us to get to Dean.

Wow. Well, that's a hurtful hunch.

But I guess I could see how you got there.

Totally. I mean, these things can be hard to figure out. It's murky.

Because you're making it murky? I could see that, too.

Okay, let's just be really clear. Did you or did you not know when you invited

us to dinner that Dean was my brother?

Honestly, I don't remember how it all went down. I know that we wanted to be

friends with you, and then at some point we knew that Dean was your brother, but

I don't really remember the exact order of it all.

We're so bad with dates.

Are you?

Are you bad with dates? Stu, I think we're getting caught up in the details.

You're focusing on something that we're just trying to glide right over. Do you

even like the left turn, Lyle?

Is that intersection even on your commute? Because I'm starting to think

that the only honest thing you've said to us this entire time is when you

complimented me on my nice body.

Hey, everybody.

Sorry about the false exit.

Um, Brandon, there's nobody at valet. I can't find my car. You didn't run off

with it, did you?

Come on, give me a hand.

Dean's here. Dean, I hope we have better.

Well, that was a shame. Yeah, that was a shame.

Excuse me, I'm Paul McCann.

Uh, Your Honor, of course, hello.

I just want to say, it's about time that someone put those two phonies in their

place. Yes, sir. Uh, thank you. And did I hear right? Dean Sanderson is your

brother?

Mm-hmm.

Motive.

No! Not it.

Connect the dots.

What am I not seeing?

Those are background checks.

I need someone to go through them and summarize them for me by tomorrow.

My God.

I pulled an all-nighter.

I've got something I think you're gonna want to see.

Where'd you find this?

You can find pretty much anything if you dig deep enough.

And it was you who made me realize I like to dig deep. Oh.

Gross. A client broke his left hand in a wrestling match days before the fight.

And the bruises are on the plaintiff's right cheek. Our guy's clean.

Just like you said.

Problem is, everybody thinks he's something he's not.

Wow. I gotta say, uh...

I didn't think that you would be useful in any way, but this is huge. Thank you.

Yeah. Anybody could have done it. Right place at the right time. No, you put in

the work.

I underestimated you.

Why did you do that?

Do what now?

Did you think that because that happened on the show that... Did that happen on

the show?

Oh, yes. It did. No.

It didn't have anything to do with that.

Unless you want it. I don't. Great.

Clean this up? Yep.

Will they?

Won't they?

What was that? Nothing.