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We are getting killed out there.

That jury is ice cold. The board doesn't think the jury's the problem.

They think it's you. Excuse me? They think your defense is too complicated.

It's confusing the jurors. And how would the board know what's in the heads of my

jury? They have research, Mitch.

Foolproof research.

I don't think I need to tell you where the board can stick their research.

Would it kill us to simplify it a little bit?

Why do you have to be so stubborn?

Hey, give the board what they want, Mitch. They're saying you can't grind on

this one. I always grind!

Always works.

If I start soft peddling it to this jury, they will turn on us like that.

They already have.

The people, too. They're walking out.

Mitch, it's not working. We are as desperate as we've ever been. We need to

present a case that anyone can understand, even if they know nothing.

Something so simple, you barely even have to be awake to understand it.

Please, just this once.

the firm, Mitch.

So what happens in the next one? Do you listen to the board and soft pedal the

jury? Something tells me he doesn't. Why?

Because they don't get it.

They're not looking into the eyes of the jury. They're up in their ivory towers,

looking down on the people and underestimating them. Yeah, but don't

you think the board might have some insight into what a jury would want?

Stu, the jury doesn't want to be spoon-fed. The jury wants to do some

work on their own. They don't just want it to be easy to understand.

Not when they're in a Mitch Grinder jury box.

Who ended up being right?

Well, I won, so... You never even tried to make it just a little less

complicated? You know, one time, do what the board asked for? I think it might be

easier for everyone. Dad, that's not what the Grinder stands for.

Is it, Uncle Dean? No, it's not.

And I'm disappointed in your father for even suggesting it. Me too.

What a day!

What a day!

What? I remember where I was when I got the call that my little brother was

hanging up his cleats and getting married.

Oh, that's right. Today is our anniversary.

It is. Happy anniversary, honey.

Happy anniversary.

Wait a minute.

You didn't forget, did you? I didn't. No. I didn't forget. Because you were

like, oh, today is the day, and then you kissed like you were trying to cover

something. I forgot our phone call. Oh, yeah, that's right.

Because it was a lot of years ago, and I was so excited about getting married on

that day. For what it's worth, it feels like you both forgot, and you're both

lying about it. Same boat, same boat. So you got big plans?

Oh, yeah.

Absolutely. I wanted it to be a surprise, so I wasn't going to say

anything, but now that Dean brought it up, I have reservations for dinner for

us this weekend.

Really? Where?

Thank you, Ethan.

Mm-hmm.

I... The name of the... It's downtown, and it's called Trattoria Perlegente.

Oh, Trattoria Perlegente. Well played, Stu Bear. Yeah. That's pretty

impressive. That place has, like, a two-month waiting list. Yeah.

Is that, is that, is that?

Months. That makes sense.

That's how long ago I made the reservation.

It was, uh, two months.

Wow. All right, so, Mom, what did you do for Dad?

For him, I got a crazy present. I cannot wait to give it to you.

You got me a gift?

I did.

I look forward to opening it. I look forward to eating at a restaurant where

we definitely have a reservation.

And I can't believe that I doubted for one second the power of your love.

Mm.

You expecting somebody? Uh, no. I'm not. Are you?

Mom! Stuart!

What a surprise!

Hi!

Oh, my gosh! Stuart!

Debbie! Oh, my baby!

Hello,

Dane. Mother?

Oh, I have so missed my little angel prince. I'm still your angel prince.

We just weren't expecting you.

Well, I wanted it to be a surprise.

Good job. We are definitely surprised.

Where's Pop-Pop? Sweetie, Nigel is 45.

He doesn't really like to be called Pop-Pop. Sorry. Did you hear about

Grandpa's malpractice case?

Yes, I did. I did.

That's why I'm here. You heard about the case in Paris?

That's so much bigger than I thought.

Well, Mom, you don't have to worry, because Stu and I are both handling

Dad's defense.

Oh, God, please tell me he's not still pretending to be a lawyer.

Eh, that depends on whether you think a certified legal intern with in-court

speaking privileges is pretending.

I do. Then I guess I am. So that, uh, show...

It won't take you back? It was never about that, Mom. Of course, there's

really no need since Timothy Oliphant is so fabulous. You know, Mom, we should

get your bags. Okay,

everybody just sit down. You don't think Timothy Oliphant is that fabulous.

You're just trying to rub my nose in it because you've never approved of my

lifestyle choices.

Because you ran off to Hollywood to chase some pike dream instead of

settling down. Settling down like my brother. Well, I'm engaged.

Is this true?

Yeah. Yeah, I mean, yeah.

So engaged.

Yeah. You know, we're still all just kind of processing it. Oh, Jeannie.

Finally. Huh? Well, who is she? Tell me everything.

Her name's Claire. Oh, not that. Well, I'm excited to meet her.

Oh, I did enjoy this view.

Well, I'll be damned.

Hello, Dean.

Hello, Lenore. What are you doing here?

I came to visit my family.

How's Nigel?

He's wonderful.

So, you seeing anyone?

Uh, yeah.

Here and there. Nothing serious.

I definitely got some irons in the fire.

Well, good for you.

No, I understand you have no tables, Alex, but as I was saying, this is kind

of a special occasion for me.

And I'm in a bit of a pinch, so... Hold on. So you did forget? I totally forgot.

You lied about it. Yeah. Now you're scrambling, because that place is

booked. You nailed it.

Do you want me to make a call? Yes. Would you do that?

Maybe.

Depends. On what?

On your willingness to do something for me.

Well, Dean, I kind of...

Can't say no to you right now. Good. Just a couple things. Pretty easy stuff.

Number one, I need you to tell mom I'm a real lawyer. Went to law school. Whole

thing. She'll never believe that. Number two, I'm engaged.

Yeah, about the engagement, Dean. Dad, you need to get Claire on board. Because

I can't do it. I've already harassed her enough. I agreed I would stop. Good. No

one should be harassing anybody.

Good. Good. Just talk to her. Just tell her she's got to do this or she gets

fired or something. Dean, that is the definition of harassment.

No, it's not.

That's very specific language.

That's have sex with me or...

You're fired. No, that's not it. No, it's a much narrower definition than

people realize. I mean, you can get away with a lot.

So Dean may have told our mother that he is engaged to you. Oh, come on. I know.

I'm sorry. I panicked. This is harassment. You know this. Actually, it

is. 100%. You're absolutely right, Dean. We shouldn't even be here. Claire,

please, don't be annoying about this. It's just until she leaves town.

There's no way that I'm pretending to be your fiancé to fool your mother. I was

afraid you might take that tact.

Stu, do you want to tell her what the repercussions are of that decision?

You're not fired.

Oh, God.

Everybody...

Hey, Grandpa, are you okay?

It's not now.

It's Grandma, isn't it? When I said not now.

Seeing her again has you all torn up inside.

It's written all over your face.

Yeah? So what? Go after her. Give her your heart.

Are you nuts?

I don't want her back.

I just want her to hate herself.

Because she's moved on and you haven't?

Emotions are still raw, huh?

Yeah, I guess they are.

Grandpa, let us help you.

I mean, damn it. This isn't... Ooh, I know that sound.

That is the sound of frustration that only shows its face when you're online

shopping. What are you talking about?

You didn't get him a gift, did you? Uh, yeah, I did.

Show it to me. What'd you get him? I, uh, okay, I didn't. I didn't get him

anything because I can't think of what to get him. Please don't say anything.

I think he should know.

What do you want? Okay, so, Stu was unable to convince Claire to pretend to

be my fiancé, so I need you to back up the story with my mom.

How? I mean, if Claire says you're not engaged, isn't it over?

No, none of my mom thinks Claire was intimidated into hiding the engagement.

By whom?

Todd. Her jealous ex-boyfriend. Of course. How did I not see that coming?

He's a danger to himself.

Uh-huh. And others.

Dean, don't you think that's a little convoluted?

Fine.

Stu! No, no, no.

I'll do it.

What? I'm in.

I just want to say goodnight.

Okay. Goodnight. Love you.

Love you.

Love you, too.

Who's your father dating?

What? He already told me there's someone.

Who is it? I have no idea, Mom. He's not dating anybody.

You don't think I can handle it? Why wouldn't you be able to handle it?

Nigel left me.

Oh, Mom.

Really? When?

He found out I cheated on him about a month ago.

Oh.

I'm sorry to hear that.

It was a rough week, but I'm moving on.

Oh, you want to get back together with Dad?

No, I'm not getting involved with that, Mom. No way.

No way. Okay.

I'll try not to get involved in Debbie finding out that you forgot your

anniversary. No, I didn't. I didn't forget. I made a reservation.

Okay.

Okay.

Mom, wait.

What do you want?

And we're live.

What is that thing?

Well, it's an app that lets you meet other single adults in your area. Yeah,

and that's what's called your profile.

Why is that picture having my army uniform?

Because you look handsome in it. Grandpa, you're selling yourself to

these people. Everybody fudges the facts a little bit.

Let me see that.

Ooh, what'd I do?

Oh, okay, so what happened there was you just liked Callista. Isn't she a little

young? Well, yeah, if this photo's even accurate. I mean, she probably looks

nothing like this. Now what?

Now we just wait and pray to God that she likes you back.

What does that mean?

That means we're in business.

Really?

Todd?

He always seemed so sweet.

Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. Yeah, that's what we thought, too. And then we found out that

he has been hiding a dark side. Like, a very dark side and sad.

Well, that explains why Claire denied it when I congratulated her. Yes, that is,

that is exactly why.

Who knows?

Darn it!

Oh, my.

So Todd is a violent, jealous maniac, but he still works here?

Mm-hmm. Yeah, he's a damn good lawyer.

Oh, sorry, I just need to grab something.

And I need to grab something, too.

And it's you.

What? Why?

It's okay.

Deb told me about Todd.

What about Todd? Oh, you know, just how he's your abusive ex, and that's why you

couldn't tell Lenore about your engagement to Dean.

Seriously? I am so relieved the cat is finally out of the bag.

Yeah, I'm very uncomfortable about it all still. But it's okay. I won't say

anything. And she is a woman of her word.

We should celebrate.

I want to take you both to dinner. Oh, that'd be great! No, not necessary in

the least.

I cannot believe that we are eating at this restaurant. Honey, I told you. I've

had this reservation for months because our anniversary is very important to me.

Uh-huh. And you didn't have any help getting this reservation?

I'm sorry. Are you implying that I used my older brother to pull strings to get

us this table because I forgot our anniversary?

Honey, that is exactly what I'm implying. Or are you projecting, maybe,

because you forgot? No. Because I don't see a gift anywhere.

Uh, yeah, because I wouldn't bring your amazing gift to this restaurant.

I'm telling you, it is insane.

Oh, I bet. I bet.

Hi. Uh, Dean Sanderson III.

I'll have a loser. Thanks. What the?

Uh, Dean.

Hi. What are you, uh, what are you doing here? I know we're just having dinner.

My fiancé, Claire, and Mom and I, I told you. You did tell me.

Of course. I just, I didn't realize it was out. Yes, what a relief.

Deb told me all about Todd. He sounds like a complete lunatic.

Todd is. Yeah, you know, that's why I couldn't talk about this at the office.

Right, right, yes.

Crazy Todd. I forgot, I forgot that piece.

It's kind of an important piece.

I would say, above all, be yourself.

What if that's not good enough?

That's why we have this earpiece.

We got you. We'll talk you through it.

I don't know.

Come on, what could go wrong?

Help yourself to anything on the menu. I'm buying. Yeah, I haven't paid for a

meal in, like, years.

You look a hell of a lot like your picture.

Yeah, I took it yesterday.

And it looks like yours was maybe taken... A couple of years ago, yeah.

Okay.

What the...

Are you okay?

My son's here with my ex-wife.

So... Is that my dad?

He's here, too. What is going on tonight? Oh, my God. That must be that

woman he met online.

Since when does he know how to get online?

Oh, the kids taught him. They made, like, a profile. Oh, that's not a woman.

That is a girl. That is a young, very hot girl. Really hot? Like, very hot.

Like smoking hot, I think. Okay, we get it. Thank you.

So, Claire and I were thinking of a June wedding.

Isn't that right, sweetheart?

Yeah, sure. Well, that's great, dear.

She wanted to do it earlier, but I said, this law profession for me is the real

thing. I can't just up and get married in the middle of legal season.

Legal season?

Yeah. No, no, no.

Absolutely. Lenore, are you okay? I don't believe it. Okay!

We lied!

What? What?

I'm sorry.

What were you talking about? Your father.

He's here with that new girlfriend of his. What were you talking about?

Nothing. He has a girlfriend?

Nice pull, Pop.

Pull, Pop.

Does that do anything for you? Not at all.

Oh, I get it. You're using me to make your ex jealous.

What?

No. No, no. I wouldn't... Okay, it's okay, Grandpa. Calm down. Just tell her

that you didn't know that she was even...

Just say this, Grandpa.

Calista, I swear. To God, I had no idea.

Is that an earpiece?

Uh, uh, tell her it's a hearing aid. What? Keep saying what.

Yeah, yeah, and, uh, talk loud.

What? Is someone telling you what to say through that thing? I think you're

talking about my hearing aid, but it's acting up a little bit and I can't hear

you. Stuart, you need to do something. Things are progressing over there.

Huh? Mom, they're really not.

Besides, this is our anniversary dinner. You know, we do this one night a year. I

mean, what do you want him to do? Oh, he knows.

Okay.

I'm going.

Pick up for Todd.

One moment, please.

Oh, my God.

Claire's maniac ex-boyfriend is here. He must have followed us. I cannot believe

this is happening. Oh, you said it yourself. He's dangerous.

We have to get Claire out of here. No, listen, I gotta test this. Okay. Okay.

Pat, hi.

Um, what are you doing here? Well, I'm having dinner with a lady friend. This

is Calista. Hi.

Hi, Calista. Uh, I'm not sure what's going on here.

Oh, yeah, it's weird. It's totally weird, and maybe it could happen at not

here. Um, okay, how do I say this? You're doing great, but I feel like

there are moments where you're a little see-through. Oh, no, please tell me so

that I can fix them. I love that attitude.

Such a worker bee.

It's in your culture, isn't it? I'm sorry, what?

Claire, he's here. Your ex? Who? You know, your ex. Your crazy ex, Todd, who

stalks you.

Todd, what are you doing here? I was just picking up some food. Small world,

huh? How dare you come here?

I mean, open your eyes. Claire has moved on. She's with Dean now.

What? Claire and I have never been... Dean!

Oh, my God!

Excuse me. What the hell is going on here? This man is my fiancé's violent ex

-boyfriend, and he was about to attack her. What?

What happened? Dean just punched Todd. Great shot, Dino. What is happening?

Why are you helping him?

Dean, you want to answer that?

I'm calling the police.

Dean? What? Don't you think this has gone far enough?

What is he talking about?

Oh, my face.

Mom, I have a confession to make.

Todd is not her jealous ex-fiancé. He's just a messenger at the firm. What? I'm

a lawyer.

And Claire is not my fiancé. Not in the least. I lied because I wanted you to be

proud of me.

And for a second, I was.

I know.

It was almost working.

But I got caught up in the lies and then I lost myself in it and I became someone

I'm not.

I am so very disappointed in you, Dean.

I lied, too.

I did not make the reservation two months ago, honey.

I completely forgot our anniversary.

I know.

I lied, too.

I... Also forgot our anniversary.

I got something.

Callista, that picture of me was taken quite a while ago. I'm actually an old

man.

Okay.

I was trying to make you jealous.

But it worked.

Mom?

Nigel left me. I wasn't here for the case.

I was here for you.

Yeah, it's working!

I'm flattered.

We both know this doesn't work.

Too complicated.

I like complicated.

I like simple.

Oh my gosh.

So this is happening?

Right, right next to us.

Very passionate.

Bye, Grandma.

Bye-bye, sweetie.

Bye, Grandma.

Bye, sweetheart.

Mom, are you sure you have to go? I'm afraid so.

Yeah, I'm sorry about last night, Mom. That was unfortunate.

Oh, no, Stu. I think it was good. I think that the truth brought us all

closer together.

It sure did.

I had sex with your father.

Oh! That's great news.

Nothing makes me happier.

So you and Grandpa are getting back together?

Yeah, because, I mean, you only have sex with someone if you love them. Right,

Dad? That's 100% right, honey.

100%. I feel like they're lying. Oh, really, I couldn't tell.

Mom, I am so glad that we did this.

You coming here was the right move at the right time. Yeah, it was just what

we needed. Your presence this week completely changed the dynamic, and it

felt really good to focus on the family.

Well, it makes me proud to hear you say that.

As proud as you've ever been of one of your sons?

Sure, Dean.

I knew it.