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♪ ♪

I'm retiring.

- DIANE: What?
- LIZ: Why?

I've done as much
as I can do here.

I will stay until
the end of the year,

but after that I should move on.

STR Laurie wants
a 20% downsizing

of the firm.

Okay. I retire.

That'll be cut in half.

Do you believe him?

This is some selfless act?

Are you kidding me?

This is about the
Democratic Party.

Four years from now, we need
an African American candidate

- that can go the distance.
- So, how can I help?

You can be that candidate.

Step one to running:
You write a book.

A political statement.

And a memoir.

Got you a contract
with Simon & Schuster

to write about your
political awakening.

♪ ♪

Years ago, I wanted to create

a law firm run
entirely by women,

but it never worked out.

So, why not now?

- What, Reddick/Lockhart?
- Just you and me.

- We don't bring in a third.
- Partners?

- (glasses clink)
- DIANE: Partners.

Stella Corben. I am
Inspector General

at the Department of Justice.

I say this with a heavy heart,

but Judge Cain is guilty
of accepting a bribe.

This carries a sentence
of up to 15 years.

Isn't this retribution

for Judge Cain's
coming to your office,

requesting whistleblower
protection?

Of course not.

You're here as a
whistleblower, Julius.

DIANE: Didn't Judge
Cain come to your office

with accusations about
something called Memo 618?

I have no idea what
you're talking about.

DIANE: Memo 618 is a document

used to intimidate
judges into ruling

for the more powerful party.

And you are testifying
that Judge Cain

didn't come to your
office regarding this?

I'm testifying that Judge
Cain came to my office

to put pressure on me to
drop the bribery charge.

Well, it's a good thing
I recorded that meeting.

Objection.

Counselor, is that a
one-party consent recording?

It is, but in federal court,

one-party consent
is permissible.

We're in Illinois,
a two-party state.

Sustained.

- They're going to destroy me.
- We'll move for a recusal.

She'll just deny it.

Not if we threaten to
expose her complicity

- regarding Memo 618.
- How can we do that?

♪ The itsy bitsy spider ♪

- ♪ Crawled up the water spout ♪
- (phone ringing)

♪ Down came the rain and
washed the spider out. ♪

Who died?

(chuckles)

That is the Lucca
I know and love.

(whispers): Bianca.

Um, what time is it?

12:30. Are you asleep?

- No.
- (Joseph laughing)

No, no, no. What do you need?

- What are you doing?
- Bianca, you always ask me that.

My life is not that interesting.

I go to work. I go to bed.

I don't jet off
to exotic places.

I need you to fly to England.

- What?
- I need you to go to England

to buy the St.
Lucia resort for me.

Be my proxy. Get a good price.

Okay. Uh, when?

Tomorrow. Hold on.

(speaks French)

- Mm-hmm.
- Bianca,

I-I've never been
outside of the country.

You went to St. Lucia.

For three hours.

Well, now you're
going for three weeks.

Call me when you get there.

Bianca.

- I have a son.
- I know.

I have a nanny for you
and Joseph on the plane.

Call me when you get there.

♪ The rain and washed
the spider out. ♪

(Joseph chattering)

So, what I have in mind is
a book called Ten Cases,

outlining my top ten
police brutality cases,

making the connection between
police and systemic racism.

Oh, I love it.

So, how about this? Talk
about your ten cases

but how they opened your mind

about how white and
Black can work together.

But that's not really
the book I want to write.

I understand. I understand
but consider it.

Your Honor, this is a
high-conflict divorce.

And the key is this
psychological study.

(whispering): I wouldn't present
it as a psychological study.

Just use the evidence.

When I want your legal
opinion, I'll ask for it.

David, this judge
rejects psycholog...

Your Honor, I'd like to
submit as evidence this study

that the respondent
has narcissistic...

JUDGE: Don't bother, Counselor.

Psychiatrists can make
anything sound bad.

Lucca, I have a friend
who's frustrated.

I need some advice for her.

LUCCA: Marissa, where are you?

In court. Why? Where are you?

In London.

Good, say hi to
the queen for me.

This friend is getting
frustrated with her job,

and she maybe wants
to be a lawyer.

What's the quickest way
she could become one?

- What do you mean, the quickest?
- I don't know, like,

is there some way to
accelerate the process?

Some schools offer
a 3+3 program.

You can go to law school

during your last
year of college.

No, no, she's not in
college. She has a job.

She just...

Okay, it's me.

- You want to become a lawyer?
- I don't know.

I'm just checking. I hate
being talked down to.

Okay. First of all,
you'd be great.

I would, wouldn't I?

- I could wipe the floor in court.
- Second of all,

enroll at law school.

Take summer programs.

You can get it
down to two years.

- Oy.
- I know.

It's... it's not easy.

- (bell tolling)
- Where are you, in church?

No. That must be Big Ben.

Okay, uh, let's talk
when you get in.

Marissa, I am actually
really in London.

Okay, I'll come by your
office this afternoon.

(chuckles)

(gasps)

(groans softly)

(gasping)

(panting)

(line ringing)

(phone vibrates)

Jay, hey, uh...

Can I call you back, man?
I'm kind of, kind of busy.

(weakly): Who-who is this?

It's Adrian, Jay, you called me.

Why did I call you?

Jay, I'm trying to
write right now.

I... I think...

I think you're my father.

(chuckles): Okay.

All right, get some rest.
We'll talk tomorrow.

- All right?
- Something's wrong.

I'm having trouble seeing.

Where are you, Jay?

(siren waling)

(groaning)

Jay, listen to me.
Did you take anything?

No. I don't like pills.

Where are we going?

We're going to the hospital.

There's something
very wrong with you.

What?

I-I... I don't know.

There's this thing from China.

Have you been with
anybody from overseas?

(coughing)

I don't know. (Gasping)

- What-What's from China?
- Just stay still.

Don't try to get up.

(sighs)

(siren wailing)

♪ ♪

Hello, Diane. Thanks
for meeting with us.

How could I not?

What can I do for
you, Mr. Bloomberg?

Let me take you back to 2016.

- Pre-Trump?
- No.

Post-Harry Dargis.

Remember that name?

Of course.

Four years ago, I represented
him in federal court.

His daughter was
shot and killed.

With an illegally purchased gun.

- And we lost.
- But we had a good case,

and now we're working
on the appeal.

We have a date in front of the
Supreme Court later this year.

Really?

♪ ♪

DIANE: What were you working on?

- My book.
- Oh, right.

How is that going?

It's bullshit.

(laughs)

What about you?

Oh, it's this Supreme
Court gun control case.

Could be really momentous.

But...?

They have the wrong strategy.

They're making technical points
when they really should be

trying to sway Chief
Justice Roberts.

Okay.

Tell 'em that.

(scoffs) D.C. lawyers.

- They don't want to hear it.
- (elevator bell dings)

(gasps)

(both scream)

What the fuck?!

- (panting)
- (Diane gasps)

- Whoa!
- The fuck?

(exhales sharply)

Can I tell you
what I really want?

Sure. What?

I want to argue in front
of the Supreme Court.

If that's what you want,

you fucking tell 'em that.

I'm telling them
my book is shit.

(sniffles)

Tell 'em.

- Bottoms up.
- (glasses clink)

(laughs)

Mr. Bloomberg.

Oh, yes, sorry. Mike.

Yeah, I think we have
a real case here,

and I want to be involved.

But I think it's essential
that I be the mouthpiece

- in front of the Court.
- (phone rings)

- Hello?
- Well,

I'll tell you, the key is

- to bring Chief Justice Roberts over to our side.
- Yeah, hold on.

Uh, Adrian's calling.

Uh, no, and I think I have a
John Roberts secret weapon.

- She's gonna have to call you back.
- I already talked to the client

- and he agrees.
- (phone beeps)

Yes. Great.

So, I-I will call you back.

Good news?

(sighs) For me.

I am arguing in front
of the Supreme Court.

For you, eh...

I'm getting your beloved
guns off the street.

My beloved guns?

Now I need something from
you, my darling bear.

Oh, God.

What?

Be my John Roberts.

Hey, Julius.

- How is he?
- They just closed the doors.

They're not letting anybody in.

- Why not?
- It's this coronavirus thing.

They're afraid it's spreading.

- Where are you going?
- To see him.

- The doctors said no.
- Well, then they can stop me.

(busy chatter)

J.B. PRITZKER: They've come back to
me with one inescapable conclusion.

To avoid the loss of potentially
tens of thousands of lives,

we must enact an immediate
stay-at-home order

for the state of Illinois.

So that is the action
that I'm announcing today.

We have looked closely at
the trajectory of this virus

in countries like
Italy and China.

Left unchecked, cases in
Illinois will rise rapidl.

ADRIAN: All we know

is that this stay-at-home
order will last

until April 8th.

At that point, you'll all
be getting invitations

- to come back to work.
- Are we all being asked back?

We hope so,

- but we really don't know.
- How do we know

- whether we still have a job?
- We'll be calling you guys

hopefully within a week.

So we just wait by the phone?

In the meantime,
we're setting up

a teleconferencing
infrastructure.

So download a program
called Zoom.com.

Z-O-O-M.

ADRIAN: Get on your computers.

Zoom.com.

I hate saying this, but...

Yeah. I'm thinking
the same thing.

It's a better opportunity for
us to start laying off our 20%.

- Are you kidding me?
- You weren't at the office,

so I just wanted to be
the one who told you.

So you're firing me?

No, but given this pandemic,

there's just no practical
wok for an investigator.

I'm sorry, Marissa.

I'm sorry, too.

(phone beeps)

(line rings)

Okay, I'm going to law
school. Where should I go?

Let me think about it, Marissa.

I'll call you back.

Okay.

So

Let's take a break.

How are the negotiations going?

We're still ten million off.

That's good enough.

You can say yes if you want.

Why am I more concerned about
your money than you are?

'Cause you're good at your job.

- Now, what'd you need?
- Actually, it's not for me.

It's for a friend.

She wants to go to law school,

and I know you gave an
endowment to Chicago-Kent

because I approved it.

So I was hoping you
can make a call.

You call. You represent me.

They're not gonna take
a call from Lucca Quinn.

They will because
they know you're me.

Now I have a proposal for you.

Okay.

(phone ringing)

- Hello?
- LOGGINS: Hello?

I was given this number
for Marissa Gold.

This is she, but I
don't work here anymore.

Ms. Gold, my name
is Rasputin Loggins,

and I work for the
admittance office

of the Chicago-Kent
College of Law.

And we want to congratulate
you for joining

our first-year program.

What?

Welcome to the world of law.

Are you sure you
want to do this?

We're sheltering-in-place.

Why not together?

Mm.

You could end up hating me.

It's a risk.

- Or I could end up hating you.
- Mm-mm.

No way in the world.

I'm way too lovable.

(laughs)

NEWS ANCHOR: Breaking news.

We're getting eyewitness
footage out of Minnesota

of a deadly police encounter.

A warning to our viewers,

this video contains
graphic violence.

A 46-year-old Black
man was stopped

for allegedly buying cigaretts
with a counterfeit $20 bil.

Eight minutes and
46 seconds later,

he was dead when a
Minneapolis police officer

kneeled on his neck,
suffocating him.

Ruth!

- Adrian.
- Yeah.

I'm writing the book
I want to write.

Now, y'all do what
you want to do.

Now is not the time to,
you know, "talk positive."

Adrian, Adrian,
just listen to me.

Yeah, I-I saw what
happened, too.

I saw it.

But the only way to bring change
is to not give in to anger.

You're kidding me, right?

Giving in to anger is the
only sane response right now.

- Understand? Look at that.
- I understand!

- You're not hearing me!
- Look at the fucking screen!

You think I didn't see it?

Are you hearing me?

- Are you watching?
- Listen to me.

- I've seen it all!
- Don't tell me I'm not listening!

- You got nothing to say to me right now.
- I'm...

Goddamn it! Nothing!

Stop talking and listen.

NEWS ANCHOR: The United
States has been rocked

by another night of
protests over the death

- of Mr. George Floyd...
- LIZ (on laptop): Listen,

they are closing down
travel from London,

so we think you should
come back home now.

Oh, uh, but Bianca
wants me to stay here

till the end of the month.

Then you might get stuck
thee for a long time, Lucca.

I know.

Um, something else...

She's offered me
a permanent job.

- Really?
- Yes.

(typing)

ADRIAN: Lucca.

You'll give the firm a
chance to counter, right?

She's offered me
$500,000 a year.

Well, still give the
firm a chance to counter.

Sure.

Um, one other thing.

You have to click "private"

to keep me from
seeing your chats.

Uh, good to know.

- Talk to you soon.
- Yeah. - Bye.

Shit.

NEWS ANCHOR: Cities
across the U.S. remain

in a state of high
tension tonight.

So...

Is it just us?

Yeah, it's just us. We
cannot beat $500,000.

You want to keep her, you
offer her a partnership.

Okay. I'll call you back.

What a... What are
you guys doing here?

Same thing you are.

Trying to get away from
our loved ones at home.

Who's replacing Boseman?

Uh... we-we don't know.

We? You mean you and
Diane don't know?

Yes.

- I told you.
- What-what is...

All right, what-what's...
what's wrong?

We're an African
American firm, right?

Yes.

What Black firm has
a white name partner?

She-she-she was a name partner
long before I got here.

Yes, and she jumped
the line then.

Some of us had more seniority.

But she brought in Chumhum,

- a client we don't even have anymore.
- Okay.

- I'm going home.
- No, Liz,

we have to address this.

We're losing a lot
of our associates,

and most of them are Black.

What is this firm if it's
not African American?

It's just another
midsized all-service.

Midwestern law firm, one of 50.

You need to replace Diane

and promote two African
Americans to partner.

(chuckles)

- You two?
- Any two.

Start counting up how
many Black associates

we're letting go, Liz.

It's not right.

MARISSA (on iPad): Jay?

- (groans)
- Jay?

Are you there?

LUCCA: Over here, Jay.

Jay, over here.

MARISSA: Jay, how are you?

Uh... I don't know.

My power is fading.

- Jay, can you call a nurse?
- No.

No, the power on the

on the... this thing.

- Jay, you have to tell Lucca to stay at the firm.
- Marissa.

She's being offered a shit-tn
of money to abandon us.

JAY: I'd better go.

Someone is here.

LUCCA: I can hire you away.

You can come and work for me...

Who are you?

Are you a doctor?

Who are you?

MAN: Haven't you
forgotten something?

(Jay groans softly)

Are you...?

You're Frederick Douglass?

(Jay exhales)

What did I forget?

Are you going out into the world

with your hair
looking like that?

Oh. Oh.

(chuckles): Okay. Okay, uh...

It's, uh... Things have changed.

It's not called "the
natural" anymore.

(chuckles softly)

I've been watching
our people's progress,

and I'm quite familiar
with "the natural."

(laughing)

I'm also aware that it's worn

as an outer expression
of pride and dignity.

You seriously think
my hairstyle is going

to impact race relations?

Have you forgotten?

Oh. Right.

My Afro Sheen Comb-Easy
and Hairspray for Sheen.

Wow.

That makes complete sense.

My life doesn't
pass before my eyes.

(grunts)

Commercials from Soul Train do.

♪ ♪

Mr. Chief Justice, and
may it please the Court.

Let me start by stating
what this case is not about.

It is not about the
Second Amendment.

Why is it not about
the Second Amendment?

Because this is not about
the right to bear arms.

- This is about...
- But the result that you're looking for

- is to restrict arms sales.
- No.

Injured parties only ask
to be allowed to sue...

But you've been employed
by Michael Bloomberg,

- have you not?
- Kurt, that's not fair.

- Of course it's fair.
- Wait.

Who-who are you at this point?

The Chief Justice or Kurt?

- What's the difference?
- Well, I-I just want to know.

Is this about us arguing?

Or-or about my oral argument?

Your oral argument.

Counselor, please
maintain decorum.

My apologies, Chief Justice.

You just look so
sexy in that robe.

- Mmm, look at that. Sexy Judge.
- (sighs)

- New this fall. Mmm...
- Mmm.

I can't. I have a motion.

- Yeah. God, I got a motion, too.
- (laughs)

PLAINTIFF: Your Honor, we're
ready. And you're muted.

- Let's do it while you're muted.
- (groans)

CHARLOTTE: Is the defense ready?

Yes, Your Honor.

(clears throat)

This is Judge
Charlotte Hazlewood...

(sighs)

So, what's going on?

John and Madeline came to me

about the firm
losing its culture.

Yeah, I was wondering
when somebody would raise

- that issue again.
- They want me to demote Diane.

But that's not up to you, right?

You can't demote her.

They could vote her out.

But will they?

Well, I mean, we're-we're
losing you and-and Lucca

and-and... and 15
Black associates.

I mean, we're only losing
four white associates.

- So, what are you thinking?
- I'm thinking that

if Biden wins, there
might be a reason

to be a Black firm again.

(inhales sharply)

Well, if you're thinking it,
then Diane's thinking it, too.

White guilt.

It runs very deep
on that one, huh?

CHARLOTTE: Memo 618 is
just for brinksmanship.

MAN (over laptop): That's
not what I'm hearing.

They don't have a case.
Diane is just preening.

Julius will make a deal.

He's been resistant up till now.

I'm the judge on the case.

Just make the offer.

He'll come around.

- (typing)
- (laptop beeps)

Well, this is highly secretive.

Just drive around
the block, Diane.

Okay.

I can't tell you
how I know this,

but the judge in
Julius's case...

- Judge Hazlewood?
- Just let me talk.

It's better that you
don't say anything.

There was a discussion

about using the case to pressure
Julius into taking a deal.

A discussion with whom?

I really shouldn't know this,

but I do.

I checked their
Internet history.

If you tell me, I will use it.

And that is why I'm
taking a minute right now.

The recipient's name

is Josiah Nile.

Five emails were sent to him.

You have a motion to
recuse, Counselor?

I do, Your Honor. We ask
to approach the bench.

If you think it'll
make a difference.

Josiah Nile.

CHARLOTTE: Meaning?

We ask that you recuse
yourself, Your Honor.

Or we'll need to
call him as a witness

and read five emails
that you wrote to him.

These are from Adrian?

I can't say, Your Honor.

You've made a big
mistake, ma'am.

You're probably right,

but we need you to
recuse yourself.

The defense's motion is granted.

A new judge will be assigned
in the next two days.

Good luck.

What?

(chuckles): God.

How's everybody doing today?

Oh, my God.

So, what are we doing here?

It's a burglary charge, right?

(clicks tongue) A judge,
too. That's awful.

Resorting to burglarizing.

Am I supposed to be wearing
a mask or something?

- You headed out, huh?
- Home.

Are we sick of each other, then?

That's not what this is
about, and you know it.

Okay.

Come on. Let's talk
this out. Come...

You made your choice, Adrian.

Julius Cain over me.

The choice was about right
and wrong, Charlotte.

Well, maybe you can ask him
to move in and suck your dick.

Oh.

It was about getting
you to recuse yourself.

Oh, come on.

Fuck!

You listened in
on my Zoom calls.

You checked my emails!

Emails from some motherfucker
who will destroy your career

and wreck this
relationship, Charlotte.

You understand?

Some Trump
administration stooge.

- For God's sake!
- Your friend Julius is the Trump administration stooge.

He is a Republican judge!

He is also a partner
in the law firm

that I've helped
build for five years.

This is work I have dedicated
my whole fucking life to,

- Charlotte.
- You said the choice was between right and wrong.

- Yes, I did.
- No.

Turning over my
emails was the choice.

Oh, God.

Listen to me, Charlotte.

Listen to me. Listen to me.

I love you.

(sighs)

- It's too late, Adrian.
- No, it's...

(stammers)

(quietly): No.

Okay.

Charlotte... Charlotte.

Maybe you won't be with me,

but you keep down this path

you'll be done, I'm telling
you, you'll be done.

(inhales deeply)

I loved you, too...

Adrian.

The only man.

But that's not enough.

Goodbye.

NEWS ANCHOR: The
choice is historic.

Kamala Harris is the
first African American

vice-presidential candidate
in American history.

(chuckles): Wow.

Hey, that's bad for
Adrian, though, isn't it?

Oh... yeah.

Yeah. They only need one Black
face on that stage in '24.

Mm-hmm.

Maybe we should invite
him to stay on as partner?

Hmm. I don't know.

I was liking the idea of a
all-female firm, weren't you?

Uh, yeah, I...

I was.

You know, if it... if it works.

Uh, let's look again at
which associates to fire.

I'm worried we're losing
too many African Americans.

Black.

You can just say Black people.

Oh. Right.

(quietly): Black. Thank you.

Why do I give a shit
about summary judgments?

LUCCA: Because you are a 1L.

But the whole point
is to win in court.

Yes, but you have to
figure out how to win.

- I win by fucking them up.
- Marissa.

I know that you know
how to play the game,

but you have to pass the
bar to get in a position

to play the game.

But all these other
1Ls are idiots.

And the teachers...

If I kill someone tonight,

I will hire you to defend me.

But only if you get a
degree and pass the bar.

Really? You'd hire me
if you killed someone?

I might go out tonight
and kill someone.

I love you, too.

(groans) Why are you
leaving here? I'll miss you.

Because they won't
pay me what I deserve.

Anyway, I thought
they fired you.

But they didn't mean it.

It's like the smoothie place...
They kept trying to fire me,

and I just kept showing up.

Then why don't you...

(in accent): Come
over to England?

(regular voice): We
can work together.

I mean, people over
here, they are weird

about me.

I mean, they love me.

Well, you're lovable.

No, this is something else.

They like that I'm
Black and American.

I'm exotic.

I want to be exotic.

So come over here.

No, I'll just be Jewish.

The Brits don't like Jews.

- (chuckles)
- (notification dings)

Uh-oh.

I have this news feed
alarm for American news.

Whenever I hear that ding,
I know that it's bad.

Well, maybe it'll
be good this time.

No.

So, the oral arguments are done

over teleconferencing
these days.

You'll talk into
this camera here.

- That one?
- Yes.

And there are home Zoom screens

of the Supreme Court justices
on these three screens.

And the Chief Justice is

- on this screen.
- Okay.

- And they can see me?
- Yes.

- Do you want to see yourself?
- No.

Okay.

- Who's this?
- Oh. My husband.

- Hi. Leopold.
- Kurt.

No! Don't shake hands.

I'm sorry about this, Kurt.

We're setting up
for oral arguments.

Do you want the guns
in the background?

Yes.

They think that makes me
seem like less of a nut.

- Maybe you should have a...
- (phone chimes)

Ammunition belt
over your shoulder.

DIANE: Thank you, Kurt.

Hey, Diane.

- Hmm?
- Sir, please. Can you step away?

I need a minute with my wife.

MAN: Yeah, can you grab that
light, move it over there?

KURT: Close the door.

(indistinct chatter nearby)

What?

(voice breaking): Oh, no.

Oh, no.

- I'll send them away.
- Oh, no.

- 2020 just won't let go.
- (sighs)

I'm so sorry.

(breathes deeply)

Oh, no.

It's over.

He gets to nominate someone.

Another Kavanaugh.

We'll have a conservative
court for the next 20 years...

- My whole fucking life!
- (knocking)

- MAN: We're all set.
- (takes deep breath)

They don't want an
oral argument now,

- not with RBG gone.
- (knocking)

- MAN: Ms. Lockhart.
- Give us a minute.

(sighs): Oh, babe.

I don't deserve you.

Oh, stop.

(sniffles) You
don't agree with me.

I can still feel bad for you.

What do we do?

They're killing us.

Who are they killing?

Black men, women, the young.

What do we do?

Talk. Understand. Unite.

Even with white supremacists?

I would unite with
anybody to do right,

with nobody to do wrong.

Mm, no. Why am I talking to you?

You're just a Soul
Train commercial.

MAN: What about me?

Karl Marx?

I'm guessing you're from
a college extension course

I took on economics.

Why don't people think

I am about more
than economics, huh?

- I have a life, too.
- But you can't tell me nothing

about Black people
being killed now.

And what about me?

You're from my mother.

That's why you're here.

So, you don't believe in me?

I guess I do
because you're here.

- Can I say something?
- Yeah.

- You're Jesus. Go ahead.
- I'm a historical figure,

like Napoleon or Cicero.

So I don't understand
why people have to talk

about believing in me.

Because you're an
opium for the masses.

See, that is such nonsense.
I am the salvation...

(overlapping chatter)

Wait. Wait, wait, wait,
wait. Let me ask you...

What do I do about George Floyd?

(overlapping chatter)

Whoa, hold up, hold up,
hold up. Please, please.

Please, please, please, please.

When else can I get
you three together?

MAN: Four.

Okay, good.

That fills a poker table.

The four of you.

What do I do about George Floyd?

- (overlapping chatter)
- Wait, wait!

Wait, you all are
talking at the same time.

Jay is right. Let's
start chronologically.

- Jesus Christ.
- Thank you.

The key is to
avoid the violence.

Violence poisons
the perpetrator,

but it also poisons the cause.

- Karl.
- This is all about the upper class versus the lower.

Race is just an avatar
for issues of class.

- Malcolm?
- It is criminal

to teach a man not
to defend himself

when he is the constant
victim of brutal attacks.

And these are brutal attacks.

- Brutal attacks? Brutal attacks?
- JESUS: Now, wait a minute.

So you would have Jay lash out?

No.

But until the oppressors are
ready to follow you, Jesus,

or even you, Mr. Douglass,

Jay

you need to fight the oppressor.

(overlapping chatter)

This is your test.

♪ ♪

GARRETT: So, we're
looking at Arizona,

more to the West
Coast, obviously,

where you can see Joe Biden is
right now 34,035 votes ahead.

The question: Can Biden
hold on to this lea?

Kurt, you don't
have to stay here.

Watch Fox in the other room.

I'm fine. I think
you need it more.

It would be the first
time this red state

has turned blue since 1996.

Yes, but, Kurt, if you stay,

I know this isn't
sensible, but...

Trump seems to get more votes

whenever you're
sitting on this couch.

Are you serious?

I am so deathly serious.

Whenever you're sitting
here, Arizona goes for Trump.

Humor me, please. Just
go in the other room.

No, no, no. No kiss.

If you kiss me,
we'll lose Georgia.

Uh, if you lose,
we'll be fine, right?

Kurt, let me just say this.

I'm only saying that
we won't be fine

so that the universe
will grant me a win.

Understood.

Phoenix voted for a Republicn
candidate every election

since 1952.

That means you have to
go bak to Harry Truman

to find the last
time it went blue.

(sighs) - Will 2020 be the
year that Maricopa changes?

Will it be enough for
Biden to win it all, or...

- Here.
- That's the

that's the champagne from
the back of the fridge?

- Yeah.
- That was for when Hillary won.

I-I can only drink
it if Biden wins.

It's odd you progressives
resisted religion.

You seem to have a hundred
religions to take its place.

Go away, Trump. I mean, Kurt.

I'm going.

Uh, love me even
if, uh, you lose.

It's called Maricopa County,

located in the South
Central part of the state.

- I'll think about it!
- Moving over to Pennsylvania now.

Right now, Trump is up
by about 130,000 votes,

but the most Democratic
counties are still out.

The question: Does
Biden have enough votes

to make up the difference?

As the night wears on,

we see that Diane has
found more pockets

of blue blood cells
in Pennsylvania,

and fewer red blood
cells in these regions.

You'll see here,

right around the red blood clot
blocking the coronary artery.

That is what local officials

call the myocardial infarction.

And as you see here,
bringing it up again,

I bring up the
right heart valve.

The coronary arteries bring
blood and oxygen to the hear.

- Oh, my God.
- If the blood flow is blocke,

the heart is starved of
oxygen and heart cells die.

So Biden needs to
win the commonwealth

of the right ventricle,

or Diane will have a
coronary event of some kin.

Okay, God.

If the blue blood cells
of the inferior vein...

You know I don't believe in you,

but I will believe in
you if Joe Biden wins.

Then the district of Lockhart
will avoid a myocardial...

I'm sorry. I know that
that's not what Jesus taught.

There's nothing in the
New Testament that says,

"Believe in me, and I'll make
sure your candidate wins,"

but I need Joe Biden to win.

I'm sorry, God, but I just do.

Locked in a basement
in Delaware...

I need some faith.

MARISSA: Anything?

Military votes in Arizona.

Georgia thinks they'll be
done counting votes tonight.

Oh, I thought you were
checking in on Jay.

Oh, no, sorry.

MARISSA: He was texting me.

I think he's getting out today.

BAILIFF: All rise.

The Honorable Judge
Trig Mullaney presiding.

It is like I am being smothered
in these things. You can sit.

Do we have a new president yet?

- Not as yet, Your Honor.
- Well,

whatever they say about Trump,
he was good for the courts.

Anyway, I've made my
decision on this case...

The, uh... the bribery one.

Oh. Do you want us
to stand, Your Honor?

I thought you were. Yes, I do.

So, bribery is a bad thing,

and the state can't
condone it. Neither can I.

"Nee-ther," "ni-ther."

"Nee-ther" can...

"Ni-ther" can I?

"Ni-ther" sounds better,
right? "Ni-ther."

- Neither can I.
- I have a sick feeling.

- Either way we appeal.
- So, that

is why I find you guilty

and sentence you to
seven years in prison.

We plan to appeal, Your Honor.

Yep. Yep. Go for it.

Anyway, that's it, I guess.

Thank you. Have a nice day.

- Oh-oh, my God. Seven years?
- Don't worry.

- Julius...
- Seven years?

- We're going to appeal. Don't-don't worry.
- Seven years?

- Tell my wife.
- I will. I will.

- (handcuffs clicking)
- But, Julius, don't worry.

Why not?

GARRETT: It is official.

By a 306 to 232 margin,

the Electoral College has mae
Joe Biden president-elect.

Vice President Mike Pence will
preside over the certification

according to the Electoral
Count Act of 1877...

You opening it now?

Now many eyes will look
to the date of January 6,

when a joint session of Congress
counts the electoral votes.

- Many expect a contentious debate.
- Nope.

If I open it now,
something bad will happen.

I've waited four years.

I can wait another few weeks.

The former vice president
wil take the oath of...

Lucca,

this firm doesn't
want to lose you.

This is the best
and final offer.

We can't afford to get into
a bidding war with Bianca,

so we're going to need a
yes or no answer from you

by the end of this call.

Okay.

I'm ready.

With Adrian leaving,

we have one spot open
for an equity partner.

We will give it to you.

You will be the
youngest equity partner

in the history of this firm.

And the firm will
match Bianca's offer

of $500,000 a year.

Great.

DIANE: But again,

we can't have a bidding war.

It's yes or no now.

ADRIAN: Lucca, look.

History is being
made right here,

right now in America.

Now, you need to be part of
that, part of that tradition.

England is not yours.

America is.

We are a Black firm, Lucca,

and we need you.

(cutting out): I
don't... Wi-Fi is...

- Hello? Hey, guys...?
- LIZ: Lucca?

- Can you... Hello?
- Can you call us back, Lucca?

- Hello? Prob...
- Lucca, if you... Just call us back.

You think she did
that on purpose?

I would have.

She's probably on
with Bianca right now.

They used George Floyd because
they want you for less.

They have never appreciated
you as much as I do.

All those scars,

all that times being taken
for granted and undervalued

has made you a fighter.

It's made you
someone I now want.

Do you have your
legal pad ready?

Yes.

I don't like bidding,
so here it is.

I want you, Lucca.

$1.3 million.

You are my new CFO.

Go ahead, call them back.

My guess is they won't
be able to beat that.

LUCCA: So it wasn't just a
ton of money, it was CFO.

- And a ton of money.
- MARISSA: So this is goodbye?

- I can't believe it.
- It's not goodbye.

I'll be seeing you.

Yeah, but like
this, on a screen.

Marissa, we don't have to
wok together to be friends.

- And you're gonna be a lawyer anyway.
- What?

I've been going to law school.

You're kidding?

Y... You didn't tell me.

She's been using her time.
You should have, too.

LUCCA: How are you, Jay?

Getting better.

I... lost my taste buds.

It was weird.

And I carry a gun now.

What?

It's performative.

Stay safe, Jay, okay?

- What are we talking about? COVID or the protests?
- Both.

Give me a ride on your
private jet, Lucca.

When I get one, I will, yes.

I have a-a confession to make.

Sure.

I stole

your breakfast
sandwich one morning.

You got a-a bagel egg sandwich.

And I said it was Jay that
took it, but it was me.

What a bitch.

Oh, my God.

Your Birkin bag is still here.

I can't believe you just
left this here during COVID.

(scoffs) I had to
leave in a rush.

Well, do you want
me to just put it in

with all the other stuff?

No. You keep it.

What? No.

Yeah.

Okay.

- I'm keeping it.
- (chuckles)

Because of the bagel.

- Think of me when you use it.
- No.

You think of me when I use it.

God, I'm gonna miss you guys.

I'm gonna miss this.

You make me smile. (Chuckles)

I didn't smile much
before you guys.

I smiled all the time,
but I didn't mean it.

So then this is goodbye?

(groans softly)

I think I'm crying, so probably.

I have to go. This is
getting too emotional.

Goodbye.

Goodbye, Lucca.

You were one of the best.

No.

But together

we really were.

- (taps key)
- (laptop dings)

♪ ♪

God, have you ever
seen anything like it?

It's so...

It's so fucked.

But there's a good side.

Trump's people bring,

what, 63 cases
against the election?

They lose 62.

Seems to me the
guardrails held just fine.

- System worked.
- Yay...

Liz. Liz.

Sometimes when things work out,

there is no parade.

There's no congratulations,
but I'll tell you this.

We live to fight another day.

Yeah? Then why are
you leaving the law?

Hmm.

I am moving to Atlanta.

- I'm s... What?
- What? (Laughing)

I am moving to Atlanta.

I-I read this op-ed by a
man named Charles Blow.

He's talking about Black
people returning to the South

to create and consolidate
real political power.

Those wins in
Georgia inspired him.

- Mm.
- And I'll tell you.

Inspired me, too.

- Have you ever lived there?
- No.

But if today told us anything,
it's about starting over.

I am starting over.

Here's to you.

What about you two?

- Ooh... (chuckles)
- Well, we lost Lucca.

We're losing you. I...

But my guess is that
the-the Biden administration

is gonna be better
for Black businesses,

- so...
- (quietly): Mm-hmm.

Will you replace me?

I think the big question
is, are you replacing me?

Well, I...

(chuckles): It's
not my intention.

DIANE: No.

Well, I can't change
the color of my skin.

(chuckles): I know.

Hey, I'm gonna fight
for my partnership.

I know.

I will leave it there, ladies.

(grunts)

Aw.

Bye, boss.

We're all gonna miss you.

- Come on.
- (laughs)

- Mmm...
- (sighs)

You sure you know
what you're doing?

No.

But I'm all about
improvisation, right?

- What about you two?
- (chuckles): Well, it...

I-It's going to be interesting.

Yes.

Diane is a terrific lawyer,

but this firm belongs to you.

Your dad built it.

Uh, n... He did, Liz.

Despite all his faults.

You got to run this
place the way you want.

This is a Black firm.

And after today

the world needs Black firms.

You got me?

I got it.

I'll see you.

(sniffles)

♪ ♪

- (quiet chatter)
- (laughing)

- Hey! - Hey.
- What's up? What's up?

- Hey.
- What you guys doing here?

Packing for Lucca.

MARISSA: It's weird.

Everybody fun is leaving.

- Hey! Hi. Hello.
- (chuckles)

- Okay, everybody except for us.
- Okay.

- How you doing?
- Uh...

Well, I think I'm what
they call a long-hauler.

- But I'm feeling good.
- LIZ: Oh!

Oh, oh, oh! God! (stammers)
Wait, wait, wait.

H-Have you guys heard?

- What?
- Well, uh, Trump...

Trump pardoned all
of the convicted

and corrupt
Republican officials.

Makes sense.

And Julius got a pardon, too.

- What?
- Yes.

- Julius?
- Julius.

- You're kidding?
- (laughing) - Oh, my God!

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(meows)

(meows)

(grunting softly)

♪ ♪

(cheeping)

(bleating)

♪ ♪

(bleats)