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So, you should
ask yourself,

with every decision you make,

is this good for the V.A.?

Am I helping with the
V.A.'s strategic vision?

Now, my guess is you're all
asking the same question.

With our new administration,
will you still have a job?

But I want you to ask a
slightly different question.

Will my job still have me?

Am I the right fit

to continue fulfilling my duties

to the best of my ability

for the greater
good of the company?

We just want to make sure that
we have some new staff in place

to have things run a little
bit more smoothly around here.

I want to be clear:

Politics will not enter
into any of my decisions.

: Bullshit.

We've had a late start,

mostly due to the delayed
presidential transition.

I'm sure you've
heard about that.

No hard feelings.
Huh?

I'll probably head back to D.C.

Everybody says the Trump
connection hurts us.

How about you?

If they want me,
I'll stay on here.

What?

Kurt?

Leo's Bike Shop.

That was the
name of your business?

Yes. My grandfather came over
from Holland after World War II,

Got a loan, opened it.

My family's run it for 60 years.

- Until last year?
- Yes. We had to close down.

- Why?
- Her.

Your Honor, I must object.

My client is not the
direct causal reason

for this man's
business to close.

Counselor, what is the violation
to the rules of evidence?

Inflammatory?

- Nope. Overruled.
- Exception.

- Mr. Rahtenberg...
- Rottenberg, Your Honor.

You don't have to keep
saying "exception."

If you go to a higher court,

they're going to
take it for granted

that you're taking
exception with my rulings.

- Please, continue.
Why are you saying

that the defendant,
Ms. Marina Beck,

was the reason that
your business closed?

She was a neighbor who
got angry when I parked

in front of her house. She
felt the front curb was hers,

so she started harassing
my family and my business.

Objection to harassment.
It calls for a conclusion.

No, sir. No. The
witness is answering.

He's not the questioner.
Improper objection.

- Exception.
- Yes, excepted.

- Please continue.
- Now, how did the defendant harass you and your business?

Online. We found
out from a friend

there was an article
on her newsfeed

about me molesting a
boy at the local school.

And it was untrue?
- Yes, completely.

But it looked real.
And there were

- photos of me.
And you also discovered that

- she had created a news article?
- Yes.

And how do you know that Ms.
Beck created that article?

We hired an Internet
forensic specialist.

It wasn't just an article.

She created 20 different
social media accounts

of supposed parents who accused
me of touching their children.

And this caused you
to lose business?

Many people saw
our business name

on that website,
Business Scoundrels,

where she accused
me of pedophilia.

If you look for my name online,
that's all that comes up:

Articles and discussions
about me molesting children.

And that's why you're
suing, Mr. Van De Berg?

Yes, I want the
harassments to stop.

She's still posting ugly
things about my family.

Even today.

But I'm also suing for
my loss of business.

Nothing further, Your Honor.

Sir, why didn't you apply
to get your name removed

- from those websites?
- I did.

- Not hard enough, apparently.
- Business Scoundrels

would only remove
the accusations

if I paid a $10,000 service fee.

And isn't your good
name worth $10,000?

I didn't want to pay it
because it was extortion.

They accept vile
accusations without proof

and then want to charge
me to take them down?

Okay, okay, I've heard enough.

Let's bring it up here.

Not you, just the lawyers.

Okay, Mr. Rahtenberg,
you're going to lose.

Rottenberg.

You have been biased
against my name

- from the beginning, ma'am.
- No, sir.

You have a rotten case,

and an awful client.

What I would suggest you do is
negotiate a fair settlement.

Because if you come back here

it's gonna cost you
twice as much. That's it.

- Tomorrow at my office?
- Sure.

Let's the paperwork
together for a settlement.

On it.

We need the paperwork
for a settlement.

Keep track of your
billable hours.

On it.

You two go through the billing,

and you two
double-check their work.

Oh, and keep track
of your hours.

Split these up into piles for
every month for every year,

and keep an accounting
of the totals.

Let's get to it.

Things should get better, right?

Something other than paperwork?

Law of averages.

You. What's your name?

Carmen Moyo.

- Let's go.
Uh, I was told

to collate these bills.

Did the executive partner tell
you to collate those bills?

- No.
Right,

because that's me. Let's go.

Great.

- Why am I supposed to know you?
- Uh, I don't know if you are.

Why does Benjamin
Dafoe know you?

I don't know who that is.

Oh, my God. Law
school illiteracy.

Is this her?

Carmen Moyo, as requested.

I don't
understand. Who are you?

- Carmen Moyo.
- No. No, no.

- Why are you important?
- I don't think that I am.

Then why do I have my top
client asking for you?

- Who's that?
- Mr. Wolfe-Coleman.

Y-Your client is Wolfe-Coleman.

Hmm. W-What does he need?

Last night, the
police searched his home

for any evidence of rape. They
believe they found something

and Mr. Wolfe-Coleman
wanted me to contact

Carmen Moyo to represent him. So

how did that happen?

I-Is your client an
acquaintance of Oscar Rivi?

The drug dealer? No.

Is your client

is your client currently
at Menard Correctional?

He was, yes. Why?

I'm representing Mr. Rivi.

Carmen's one of our best.

Uh, why don't we get the
retainer agreement going, Ben?

Oh, good. Go home.

I'll have the rest of the
bills ready to sort tomorrow.

The rest?

Yeah. This is half.

I couldn't have
stolen anything.

I wrote my book before Emily
in Pariswas even on the air.

That doesn't mean you couldn't have gotten a copy.
- Hey! Welcome to Night Court.

- Missed you.
Emails get hacked every day.

Oh, come on. I never read

her stupid book, and her book
is just a rip-off anyway.

There are lines that are
identical, Your Honor.

Because they're lines
from Emily in Paris.

What is this one about?

That guy says she
plagiarized his book.

- Copyright laws, interesting.
- Here, here, here, here.

- Here's the program.
You've got to be kidding me.

No. I said that, out loud. WOMAN:
You plagiarized from Emily in Paris.

I've never even read the book.

These are actual books?

Self-published. Fan fiction.

Oh, come on. I know you've
got a reputation for doing this,

- and I'm not gonna let you...
- No, 'cause what I said...

Okay. All right, Stop, stop,
stop. That's it. I get it.

Your Honor, this
is not a small matter.

Look at Fifty Shades of Gray.
That started as fan fiction.

Okay.

I'm taking a recess.

Um, don't fight when I'm gone.

You.

Can you join me in chambers?

You know him?

No.

Thoughts?

Well,
it's copyright law.

Nobody can copy unless
they have the right.

Mm.

But they both borrowed
from Emily in Paris.

Right, I mean...

Look, there's no
real money here.

All they want is attention
and to feel like they've won.

Hmm.

- End of Wizard of Oz.
- What?

Scarecrow getting a diploma.

Uh... right. Can you make one?

I'm in Copy Coop. I
can make anything.

Okay.

- Bing. Here's my decision.

Your books have both
been copyrighted

by me and this court, but
under different names.

Neither of you get Paris.

That is your punishment
for not being original.

You get Judy in Nice

and you get Janice in Lyon.

I don't like Lyon.

Tough.

It's either Lyon or
South Bronx. You decide.

Thank you, Your Honor.

Good.

Now, look at each other and say

"I respect and I love you."

Say it or I take
away your copyrights.

- I respect and I love you.
- I respect and I love you.

Do it till I believe you.

Marissa.

- Nicely done.
- Thank you.

Amazing what you can do
without a ton of red tape.

Be my law clerk.

What? No.

- I have a job.
- Work here.

Part-time, full-time, your call.

Flat fee.

Ten percent of all
the legal filings.

Unlimited use of
the copy machines.

Your Honor, this is not a court.

I-I don't know what
it is, but it's...

The future.

Come on.

Be here.

I-I can't.

I have a job.

I want to pass the bar.

I want to be a real lawyer.

You know why all
these people are here?

'Cause the courts and the
lawyers and the appeals

have made justice

unattainable.

Out of reach.

To anyone who doesn't
have a shitload of money

to wait it out.

That's why Exxon
beats out Mr. Nobody.

Read Kafka's Before the Law.

Now I've got homework.

It's one page long.

Don't be a philistine.

Justice is only just if
it's available to everyone.

Kurt? I delayed
the reservation,

so I think we can still make it.

Babe?

I'm pouring a drink.

Do you want one?

Who is this?

No one.

Well, you just drew in a

a beard and a mustache on him.

I was doodling.

You-you don't doodle. In fact,

you're the exact opposite
of a doodler. Who is it?

I don't know. I thought it
was somebody I knew, but...

- I'm not sure.
- But you suspect.

I mean, if it's one of
the insurrectionists,

then you need to tell the feds.

Yeah, I'm not sure it's him.

Well, who do you think it is?

Just somebody I
went shooting with.

Oh, my God, then it's him.

No, he didn't talk that way.

He wasn't political.
He's a veteran.

- Kurt! That's the profile.
- Yeah,

and I don't drop a dime
because he fits a profile.

What is this, a
schoolyard? Drop a dime?

This man tried to hang
the vice president.

He tried to kill Nancy Pelosi.

You don't know that, and
I'm not gonna be responsible

for naming names.

- This is not McCarthyism.
- Actually, it is.

- They stormed the Capitol!
- The feds

will threaten me with indictment

if I don't name names.

Even if I'm not sure
if they're responsible.

And then they will be
asked to name names,

and everybody will
get lawyers, and,

and those are the only
people who will benefit.

What do you need, Diane?

Uh, I-I don't know.

Uh, maybe nothing.

Do you want me to come back?

No.

I want to know who this man is.

Well, that's
gonna be pretty hard.

It's not a great photo.

Well, I-I may have
some more information.

He's a veteran.

And he shoots at the
same range as, um

as my husband, Kurt.

It's the Kankakee Gun Club.

All right, I'll
see what I can do.

What?! Are you serious?!
Look,

you're missing the tragedy here.

It's not just you guys.

She can't pay me either.

Well, we will be
attaching her wages.

Yeah, you're welcome to it, but
there's nothing there. Nothing.

- I looked.
- Well, even-even the inheritance?

- Swallowed up by taxes.
This is bullshit.

I
understand your anger.

But, hey, congratulations
on your win.

Dylan Pike.

What?

Dylan Pike.

- The man in the wanted photo.
- How...

Wow. The feds couldn't find him
and you... what, just like that?

- They didn't know he shot at the Kankakee Gun Club.
- That's all you needed?

The club had his driver's
license on their computers.

- And how did you get it?
- Diane, if I told you that,

you wouldn't need me.

Well, we don't pay you enough.

Oh, I know that. Want
to see his photo?

Um, you want me
to call the feds?

Uh, no. I can.

Or, I... I-I will.

I-I just have to think about it.

Hello, sir.
Thank you for waiting.

Welcome to Reddick/Lockhart.

Can I help you?

David Rathbone for Liz Reddick.

I think David Cord is in the
reception waiting for you.

David Cord? Like,
the Cord Brothers?

Yeah. He asked for you,

but he gave his name
as David Rathbone.

Why?

I have no idea.

What have I done with the aces?

- Sure.
- Mm.

Oh...

Thank you. Thank you.

Mr. Cord?

Ms. Reddick. Hello.

I knew your father.

I hated your father.

Yes. Well, he hated you, too.

You gave
the name Rathbone?

I did.

I do that, sometimes, just to
see if I get as warm a reception

as I would if I
gave my true name.

And I'm happy to say I did.

- Hello.
- Oh, this is Marissa.

This is one of our
law clinic lawyers.

Eli Gold's daughter.

Democrats as far
as the eye can see.

Why don't you ask
Julius to join us. Hmm?

I want to save the country.

You want to save it?

Yes.

Don't you?

Yes.

January 6 changed
everything for me.

My "road to Damascus"
moment, but...

Do I have to explain
that to Democrats?

No.

And I'm not a Democrat.

Ah! That's my point.

See, I came to realize that
we... Say, the three of us...

We have a lot more in
common than we might think.

We all love this country.

I love this country.

It gave my family a start.

My dad, he started a
small laundry business.

Sent his son to college, and I

made something of myself.

Too many people take
America for granted.

I don't.

And I suspect that
you don't either.

Well, I-I don't think
there's a disagreement there.

I think the disagreement
is in the details.

Ah. Well, let's start
with the details.

Reif Van De Berg
and Leo's Bike Shop.

What is that?
- Uh, that's a

uh, a defamation suit
involving a small business.

A-A suit that we won.

But it didn't
make any difference

because the defendant
is bankrupt.

Uh, I-I don't, uh, know how...

And the client's
retainer is gone.

- He has no money to pay you.
- Uh, Mr. Cord...

So, I want to hire you to
continue to sue on his behalf.

I'll offer you a $12 million
fund to continue the suit

for another six months.

Uh... Why?

My only request is that you
go after a different defendant

for defamation.

One with deeper pockets.

The social media company

that distributed Ms. Beck's
vile lies to the public.

But $12 million
is a lot of money.

So, what's in this for you?

I want to go after Section 230.

Jay.

How do I make an
anonymous phone call?

- Do you have a burner?
- No.

Uh, hello. Yes...

I would like to report the name

of one of the January 6 rioters.

I saw on your poster.

Dylan Pike.

No.

I-I'd rather not leave my name.

No. I-I don't.

David Cord is not
a good look for us.

I think we would
look great in $12 million.

Blood money.

That's a little dramatic.

The amount of money he's spent
funding Republican campaigns

- over the last decade...
- If you all weren't all so busy

turning up your noses
at the Republican Party,

you might remember that
Democrats and Republicans

thought Section 230 was flawed.

Here's an opportunity
for the unity

that the Democrats
say they want.

I've never asked to unite
with white supremacists.

Yeah, let's not pretend this is
some bipartisan issue, though.

The right has no interest in
stopping conspiracy theories

on these platforms.

It would help if the
boomers would stop falling

for those conspiracy theories

and sharing it
with their friends.

Sorry, but it would.

And no more plotting to
overthrow the government,

or stalking journalists online.

What about the employee
that wants to speak out

against the boss that's
sexually harassing them?

They repeal Section 230, and
there would be no #MeToo.

I don't believe that.
You regulate Section 230,

and let the newspapers get back
to actually being competitive.

We're not going back to
reading newspapers, grandpa.

- Grandpa?
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. That's inappropriate.

- There's no need...
- Did you really just say "grandpa"?

Wait! Wait. Wait. Wait.

If we're gonna go after
the social media giants,

we need the resources of
a deep pocket like Cord.

Where are you going?
- To court.

But we haven't decided if we're
taking this Cord money yet.

Of course we are.

: Ooh-kay.

This is a new suit?

It's the same facts, Your
Honor, but different defendant.

- You're suing Chumhum?
Yes, Your Honor.

You have read Section
230, I assume.

Yes, Section 230 purports
to shield Internet platforms

from liability, but we
believe it is unconstitutional

because it contravenes
the First Amendment.

And how does it do that?

Well, the First Amendment
states that, uh,

"Congress shall make no law

abridging the freedom
of the press."

Section 230 doesn't say
anything about the press.

No, but in practice, the
law has decimated the press.

Through Section 230,

the government has placed
its thumb on the scales,

in favor of Internet platforms

over newspapers and
other press outlets.

Huh.

Fucking Democrats.

Take care. Stay in touch.

May I help you?

Oh. Sure hope so.

Um, Madeline Starkey.
I'm with the FBI.

I'll never get used to saying
that. It sounds so melodramatic.

My husband made a
ringtone for my phone.

I'm Madeline Starkey
with the FBI.

Hi.

- May I help you, Ms. Starkey?
- Oh, so polite.

Uh, yes, uh, you may help me
by answering a few questions.

Uh, and I won't take up
too much of your time.

- Seems like a bad day.
- Presidential transition,

a lot of people
are being let go.

Uh, I'm so sorry.
But not you, though?

Not yet. Unless that's
why you're here.

Oh. No, no, no, no.

I'm the deep state.

We don't do anything
meaningful.

Mm. I spoke to a friend
of yours, Dylan Pike.

He said you trained him in the
use of AR-15s, nine millimeters,

how to buy ammunition in bulk.

We covered a bunch of
subjects in his group.

So it wasn't just a one-on-one.

It was a small
group of veterans.

I believe this group
was five veterans.

You wouldn't happen
to remember the names

of the other four individuals
who trained with Mr. Pike?

This would be sometime prior
to the January events, uh,

at the Capitol.

Could you provide
me with those names?

No.

Sorry. Can't.

You can't? Or you won't?

You have a very calm manner.

I should be calm, but
I'm unnerved.

Anything else, Ms. Starkey?

No. No, no, not right now.

But pretty soon.
We'll be in touch.

You've been a managing editor
for how long, Mr. Hookstratten?

Twenty-three years.

I was a reporter

for ten years before that.

And you were aware,
were you not,

of this story that was
circulating on social media

about a bike shop owner
grooming school children

for sexual exploitation.

I was aware of it, yes.

Why didn't your newspaper
cover the story?

It... It seems like it
was newsworthy, right?

- If it were true, yes.
- How do you know it wasn't?

Because I spent two weeks
running down the rumors.

In the case of this
story, there was nothing,

just a lot of gossip online.

Now, what kind of financial
shape of your newspaper

at the time that you decided
not to run the story?

Your Honor, I'm sorry, but
I have to object there.

Relevance.

The financial impact of
Section 230's exemption

- on newspapers is directly relevant.
- Overruled.

We were
broke and getting broker.

The advertisers we'd counted on

had mostly gone over
to the Internet.

It was only a matter of time
before we wouldn't be able

to keep the lights on anymore.

Six months ago, that time came.

Your witness.

Classified ads were a big
source of revenue for newspapers

- at one time. Is that right?
- They were.

I imagine those being a thing
of the past contributed to that.

- It did.
- What about cable news networks?

- That have an impact?
- Objection, Your Honor.

We are not litigating over
cable news or classified ads.

That's right. We're litigating
over your untested theory

that newspapers went
bankrupt because social media

has a government-sanctioned
advantage in the marketplace.

We should, Your Honor, at the
very least, test this theory.

Agreed. Overruled.

Is it possible,
Mr. Hookstratten,

that the reason these
newspapers went bankrupt

is no more complicated

than they didn't keep up
with their competition?

- That's one reason.
- Thank you for not contesting the obvious.

Mr. Hookstratten

didn't your newspaper
conduct this survey

- of where readers were now getting their news?
- Yes.

And what were the
top four sources?

Facebook, Twitter,
Google, Chumhum.

None of which can be sued for
defamation, libel, or fraud.

Now, do you think that
enters in to what stories

you do run, and what
stories you do not run?

It's always hanging
over your head.

Gawker was sued out of existence

by someone who wanted
them shut down.

That can happen to a
newspaper or a website.

It can't happen to Facebook.

Oh, I forgot you were in here.

Yeah. You don't need
to do those anymore.

We're suing Chumhum now.

Uh, case
number 15. Let's go.

Ah!

Five-minute recess.

Don't touch these props, please.

I want to do both.

I want to clerk here, and I want
to work at Reddick/Lockhart.

How many hours can you give me?

What do you need me to do?

Well...

My copyright certificates are

are catching on with the
fan fiction crowd, and...

I need you to process them.

How much are
you charging for these?

I checked what the Writers Guild
charged for script registration.

- 20 bucks.
- You're kidding.

- And how many have you sold?
- 412.

- What?
- I know.

It spread online.

But these don't mean anything.

They're just pieces of paper.

What do you think
US copyright is?

Mine is at least
good for 71 years.

That's a year more than US.

Okay, but a plagiarist
can still steal a work.

They can do that with
the US copyright.

They just get sued in court,
like they would in my court.

Oh, my God.

Marissa, I'm building
something here.

I want you to join me.

I want your advice.

I want your advice on cases.

I want to bounce legal
theories off you.

What are your legal theories?

I don't know. That's why
I need to bounce them.

Okay. I can give you
from noon to 2:00 pm,

and 5:00 to 7:00,
if you want it.

Boom.

That's how revolutions are made.

Back rooms of copy shops.

Let's go.

Hey! I'm home.

Kurt?

Some reason you're
sitting in the dark?

No.

You want me to come
and sit with you?

I got a visit from
the FBI today.

Uh, about what?

About the guy I took shooting,
the one in the Wanted poster.

- And what did you tell them?
- Nothing.

This agent wanted
me to give her names

of the other veterans
I took shooting.

Okay, Kurt, listen to me. I...

I'm your wife, which means
that anything you tell me

is privileged
communication. So...

This is not the time to be
the taciturn mountain man.

Just tell me. Tell
me everything.

About?

Who did you take shooting?

Veterans with PTSD.

I volunteer to shoot
with them on Saturdays.

They're not criminals.

Then just give the FBI their
names and explain that.

One of these veterans
said he was going to D.C.

and he wanted a
tour of the Capitol.

I called the congressional
office to arrange it.

When was this?

On January 5.

Which congressperson?

I'm not gonna say.

Kurt, I can't tell anyone.

I'm not gonna say.

Okay.

You're not gonna talk
to the feds again.

I-I am going to talk to them.

You think I'm in trouble?

Yes. I think you're
a Trump official

who trained an
insurrectionist in firearms.

I didn't train...

And then arranged

for them to scout the Capitol.

I think that's the
definition of trouble.

So here's where I come in.

From this moment on...

I am your lawyer.

Have a seat.

How...

How is your bird problem?

Intermittent.

They put rotors out there,
so the birds won't land.

Makes sense.

Eh, sometimes.

But here we are again.

Yes. This'll be very brief.

I just want you to know I'm
Kurt McVeigh's attorney,

and I need you to not approach
him again without my presence.

You're going to represent him?

- Yes.
- Oh.

That will put such a
strain on the marriage.

Thanks for the concern.

Here's my card.

If you want to interview him
again, just call that number.

- Okay, just so you know, we're not after Kurt.
- Mm.

- Uh-oh.

What?

The bells.

You might not want
to watch this.

What?

- Oh, my God.

Oh!

The birds haven't quite
caught on to the rotors.

Building maintenance insists
they will eventually,

but I don't know.

- Oh, my... Oh, my God.

Anyway...

Job one, for the FBI, is
identifying and building cases

against as many of the
January 6 rioters as possible.

And I-I-I wish
you great success.

As far as I'm concerned, they
all deserve to be locked up.

Well, yes, given your politics,

I thought you might
be sympathetic.

And job two

is preventing the
next January 6.

I always looked at
the Conway marriage,

and I wondered how they did it.

Maybe you can tell me sometime.

Good luck with
your investigation.

- Ooh...

You get used to it.

Gunnar Neustadt, former
Chumhum content moderator.

And why are you no
longer at Chumhum?

PTSD.

Uh, what about the work
there was traumatic?

- The churn.
- The churn? What is the churn?

Constant turnover
of bad content.

Some of it sad, some
of it homicidal,

some of it political.
It never stopped.

So, all you did was
block the churn?

No, we also highlighted,
repositioned, featured items.

Oh, in other words,

you did what a
newspaper editor does?

Objection.

Leading.

Overruled.

It felt
like I was an editor.

In that you were blocking
violent or pornographic content?

In the sense that we
featured clickbait.

Um, if it sparked anger or
outrage, we featured it.

- That's how the site made money.
Thank you.

Nothing further, Your Honor.

Uh, just one second, Your Honor.

I was at a judge's conference,

and Judge Friend
said that her dad

was a small-town
newspaper editor.

Go after editorial content.

You go for it.

- Why me?
- Because we have an audience of one.

Wait.

Don't look now.

I haven't questioned a
witness in two years.

Okay. Then it's time.

Mr. Neustadt...

Mr. Neustadt.

How often did you meet
with your team of editors?

Excuse me, moderators.

- Twice a day. Morning and evening.
- Okay.

Good.

And, uh, what did you
discuss at these meetings?

Which stories were trending.

And by trending, you mean...

Uh, popular,
interesting, newsworthy.

You were assigning value?

Objection. Counselor
is testifying.

Overruled.

Continue, Counselor.

Mr. Neustadt,
if you were deciding

which stories were important,

how is that different from
what an editorial team

at a newspaper does?

Objection. The witness
cannot be expected to know

the inner workings
of a newspaper.

Actually, I worked in
the TribuneMetro section

for three years.

What?

Build-a-Bears.

They were sent to Marissa.

Okay.

- Why?
- No idea.

- This one's a Marissa bear.
- Hug me.

Why don't we, meaning you,

take all these stuffed animals

and put them in the
conference room.

I'm just saying
Mr. Wolfe-Coleman,

this may not be
the firm for you.

Benjamin Dafoe.

One moment.

Please send this out.
- Okay.

I know. I'm putting them
in the conference room.

- Do you have a minute, Marissa?
- Sure.

- Actually, I, um...
- Carmen.

Right, uh,

could you give us
a moment, Carmen?

Why are there hundreds
of teddy bears in our reception?

I...

Is that a legal euphemism
I don't understand?

No. This

was sent to you.

- It's a Marissa bear.
- Hug me.

That doesn't even look like me.

That would seem to
be beside the point.

What is going on, Marissa?

Why are there hundreds
of bears in our office?

Let me find out.

Well, if you're finding out,
you must have some suspicion.

So, what is it?

I offered some
advice to a client

who was buying a
Build-A-Bear franchise.

- My guess is this was a thank you.
- What client?

You're not a lawyer.

Why do you have clients?

Oh, my God.

This is about that
Copy Coop court?

I made sure it didn't interfere
with my responsibilities.

Marissa, no.

By participating in that
simulacrum of a courtroom,

you exposed this firm to
malpractice, sanctions,

and God knows what.

I'm just offering the
judge some advice,

and helping him with
his copyright office.

If you wish to continue your
employment at this firm,

you will never do
anything like that again.

- Do you understand?
- But it's...

No. No buts.

Do you understand?

I do.

Diane, your husband
and the FBI are here.

Oh, no.

Don't put them in
the conference room.

I... Okay.

I think I might
be a little late.

Do we all get one?

Or just clients?

Wow.

There's that, uh,
calming, unnerving quiet.

- Hello.
- Hi

I have agreed to a
ten-minute interview.

Mr. McVeigh has to
get back to work.

Yes. Yes, I know.

And he's been a good
boy, not saying a thing.

He's not a boy.

No, he's not, your boy, Bill.

Okay. Let's start.

Just to be formal, Kurt, I'm
Agent Starkey with the FBI.

We understand. We don't need
the musical introduction.

Okay. Um... So, Kurt.

Those friends or your colleagues

or whatever they are
to you, or were to you,

probably have little or
no criminal liability

for January 6.

My concern isn't
with their past.

It's what they might
do in the future.

He has no knowledge of that.

Well, now that they've gotten
away with, say, trespassing,

or smearing their feces on
the floor of the rotunda,

they're emboldened to violence,

to bombs, to hostage taking.

Does Kurt have a question?

- No, but I do.
- Oh. Pray, ask.

Why do you think that?

Why do I think
they're emboldened?

Well, I have my reasons.

And if you tell me who they are,

I will know and then, if
need be, I can stop them.

My client has no knowledge
of anyone plotting anything.

Well, that does not square

with this Dylan Pike statement.

"Kurt McVeigh not only
trained me in firearms,

"he also laid out the strategy
for entering and occupying

the U.S. Capitol."

Was that a comment?

No. I have a comment.

- Oh, come on. Bullshit.

Wow.

I'm surprised Mr. Pike
didn't accuse Kurt

of being responsible for 9/11.

Certainly you have a
better joke than that.

No. This isn't a joke to me.

Dylan Pike will say anything
to reduce his sentence.

I do consider his statement
with some skepticism.

And the only way to get to the
truth is with a grand jury.

Uh, a subpoena has a tendency
to sharpen the senses.

Odd you don't have a
musical cue for that.

Hold on.

Oops. That's not right.

I can always subpoena you, Kurt.

He's a rapist.
An accused rapist.

God, I'm amazed I have to say
this in a room full of lawyers.

Since when are we representing
people like Wolfe-Coleman?

He's the next Jeffrey Epstein.

Did you approve this, Liz?
- No.

This is the first that
I am hearing of this.

So it was Diane.
Diane approved this.

No. I...

Well, I don't know.

I have clients who will
flee when they find out

we represent this rapist.

Oh, you mean like the
Women's Coalition? Big loss.

I know, the teddy bears.

- I'm working on it.
- No, no, no.

Did you approve us representing
Craig Wolfe-Coleman?

No. Why?

- Do we represent him?
- Apparently, we do.

And we're-we're just trying
to get to the bottom of it.

Without the other name partner?

That's
why we asked you in.

Well, this isn't me.

I mean, was he here?

- Hi. Maybe I can help.
David.

What's going on?

Uh, one of the
associates, the new one...

- Marissa?
- No, the real one.

- Carmen?
- Right.

She pulled in
Wolfe-Coleman as a client.

- Carmen?
Why?

Because...

Wait, why don't I go upstairs

and get your last
quarterly report.

Oh, come on, David.

If Gavin Firth wants to
talk to us about money,

he should discuss it
with the partners.

Actually, Gavin was
called back to London.

I'm the new Gavin.

STR Laurie made
me your new boss.

Hi.

And this is what I have to say.

More of you should be out
there digging up new clients

like this new Carmen girl.

Two months out of law school,

and she's got our
top two clients.

Think about it.

Can I talk to you for a second?

That's bad.

- David as our boss.
- Yeah.

Yeah, but, I... you know,
I have a worse worry.

Okay?

We were griping
about a new client,

and two minutes later,
David Lee comes running down

the stairs to talk to us.

That's quite a coincidence.

You think he bugged your office?

I don't know. You know
him better than I do.

Would he do something like that?

- Oh, yeah.
- Great.

So what do we do?

Have Jay look for bugs.

At night, when we can
hide it from David.

God.

If we actually spent
this much time lawyering,

we'd be Supreme Court
justices by now.

Oh, wait. What is,
what is going on

with all the teddy bears
in the conference room?

It's a long story.

If it's actually prejudicial,
than even telling me

what it is will prejudice me.

But I don't think it is
prejudicial. All I wanted...

No. No. You say another word
and I'll judge against you.

Here's what I'll allow you.

Four words to explain
why it's not prejudicial.

You go over that, I'll
rule for the other side.

- Your Honor...
- Hey! There's two.

Can I have those two back?

No, but you now have six.

Patent claim

- requires background.
- Two more words.

Of prior work.

Nope. Three words.
Ruling for the defendant.

Your patent is approved,
sir. Go with God.

Wait. Shake hands. Look
at each other and say,

"I respect and I love you."

No, no, no, no, no.

That's not how we
do things here, sir.

Due to the Bad Loser
Law of last Wednesday,

the ruling is reversed.

Judgement for the plaintiff.

- Yes!
- Don't you dare celebrate, sir.

Thank you, Your Honor.

There's my law clerk.

Recess for ten minutes.

I can't do it. I'm sorry.

Why not?

My boss said no.

You don't need me anyway.

Let me connect you
with a real lawyer.

Marissa, listen to me.

I asked you for a reason.

You know just enough not to
crush what I'm doing here.

A real lawyer will look
for reasons why not.

I need someone to
look for reasons why.

I can find you someone.

I don't want someone.

All rise.

Ms. Reddick,

you made an original
and compelling argument.

And Your Honor, Judge Cain,

- I always thought you got a raw deal...
- Your Honor.

You don't want to
interrupt me, Counselor.

I have to admit, I am baffled.

How can it be that Chumhum
gets away with something

any newspaper would
go under for doing?

Unfortunately

the law is the law.

It may be unfair,

but it is constitutional.

Section 230 stands,

and the statute ties my hands.

- Mr. Cord.

Ace or Queen?

Queen.

Good.

I just stopped by to thank you
for your efforts, Ms. Reddick.

And to tell you that I'm quite
prepared to bankroll an appeal.

Uh, well, we are happy to
handle the appeal for you

if that's what you
would like, but, um...

Uh, you should know that
it is probably a long shot.

Long shots have come
through for me before.

You know, I have wicked
arthritis in my hands,

and my doctor told me,

"Well, just squeeze a
rubber ball all day,"

but instead, I picked
up a book of magic.

Now, I've identified
27 potential lawsuits

that I think might be
viable. They're tricky,

but, uh, they've got potential.

And if you win,

the world just becomes
a little more bearable.

- Hmm.
- And, uh

we are the firm that you want?

Oh, most definitely.

Talk to you soon.

Carmen, can I have a second?

Yes.

No, I'll go. It's my turn.

You're representing
Craig Wolfe-Coleman?

I think I am.

Did you pursue him?

Of course not.

You know what he's accused of?

Yes, I looked over
the case last night.

And it doesn't bother you?

I...

Uh, I don't... I
don't understand.

Should it?

Carmen, is-is-is there anyone
that you would not represent?

Wouldn't?

I... I don't understand,

is... is there someone you
don't want me to represent?

Okay. Uh, no. I'm just...

I'm just trying to get
a sense of who you are.

Is there anyone?

Someone?

Alan Dershowitz.

Why?

I don't know.

I don't like him.

Okay, um...

All right, here's what I want.

As your mentor,

I'm going to help you with
the Craig Wolfe-Coleman case.

Thank you.

And I want us to keep talking

about your career path.

Are-are you worried about me?

I don't know what
I am about you.

Mr. Wackner.

What a surprise.

Ms. Lockhart. Hi.

I love your decor.

I'm always surprised,
people come in my courtroom,

and they're shocked.

They think, "Oh, my
God, it's so informal."

- What can I do for you, sir?
- I want to hire you.

- You want to...
- Hire you, your firm.

I did my research, and I'm
willing to pay your retainer.

- Are you being sued?
- No.

I'm creating a courtroom,

and I need to know what
is the best way to do it.

Well, we don't do that, sir.

- But you do try to make money?
- We do.

I'm willing to pay money.

I looked online.

One of your services is
consultation on legal issues.

Your website is incredibly
insistent on that.

Well, I need consultation,
and I'm willing to pay.

Mr. Wackner, I...

I don't like what you're doing.

I know.

And I'm not trying
to convince you.

I'm using your skepticism,

and the incentive of capitalism,

uh

To acquire your services to, um

perfect my little
clubhouse of the law.

I want you,

and I want Marissa to help me.

Our retainer is not, uh,

it-it's sizable.

Well, I got money.

Why are you doing this, sir?

It's not gonna benefit you.

It's odd.

I'm gonna talk for a while, so

just let me.

Since the '80s,

people have been
discussing everything

as if it's built on what
can benefit or disadvantage.

But do you remember
a time before that?

People used to want to write
the great American novel

and not sell out.

Build a beach sculpture.

Fly to Ecuador, help people.

Can you remember the last time

you heard those words,

"Peace Corps"?

I do.

I want a new Peace Corps.

For America.

I'll have downstairs draw up
a... a retainer agreement.

Good.

Can I take a bear?

Oh, please do.

Um, take two.

- Thank you very much.
- Hmm.

- : Bye-bye.

Hold the door.

Here, take one.

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