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YOU PROBABLY THINK YOU'VE
HEARD IT ALL, BUT TRUST ME,

THIS STORY'S DIFFERENT.

IT BEGINS PRETTY MUCH
THE TYPICAL WAY--

BOY MEETS GIRL.
BOY PROPOSES TO GIRL.

BOY SEES GEORGE MICHAEL
IN HIS APARTMENT.

BOY GETS DIAGNOSED WITH
AN INOPERABLE BRAIN ANEURYSM.

YOU DIDN'T SEE THAT COMING.
WAIT, IT GETS BETTER.

BOY MEETS ACUPUNCTURIST
WHO'S CONVINCED THE BOY

IS THE 21st CENTURY EQUIVALENT
OF MOSES.

BUT INSTEAD OF PARTING SEAS
AND SMASHING TABLETS,

BOY MUST SOMEHOW INTERPRET
AND FOLLOW

THE VISIONS HE'S HAVING

AND FIX THE WORLD
ONE LAWSUIT AT A TIME.

NEEDLESS TO SAY,
IT'S PUT A BIT OF A STRESS

ON--ON, WELL, EVERYTHING,
BUT MOSTLY BOY'S RELATIONSHIP,

WHICH IS WHY I'M RETURNING THIS.
IT'S A SAD STORY, RIGHT?

DO YOU HAVE A RECEIPT, SIR?
I TOLD YOU, I CAN'T FIND IT.

I DIDN'T THINK I'D BE RETURNING
MY FIANCéE'S ENGAGEMENT RING.

CAN'T YOU CHECK YOUR RECORDS?
EITHER WAY, YOU STILL
NEED PROOF OF PURCHASE.

That'll teach you
not to pay retail.

YOU SURE
YOU DON'T NEED A RING?

UH, NOT PRESENTLY,
BUT WHEN I DO,

I'LL BE SURE
TO KEEP MY RECEIPT.
I MISS TAYLOR, NATE.

AH, IT'S GOOD TO KNOW
NOTHING'S CHANGED

SINCE YOU SAID THAT
FIVE MINUTES AGO.

MAYBE I DID THE WRONG THING
BREAKING UP WITH HER.
Allow me to provide
some clarity here.

YOU DID YOU THE WRONG THING,
BUTT WIPE.

IF I DIDN'T END IT WITH HER,
SHE'D END UP MISERABLE,

shackled to a crazy person.
AND A DWEEB,
BUT THAT IS HER DECISION.

GET HER BACK BEFORE
YOU BECOME EVEN MORE PATHETIC

than you actually are.
WHAT IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?

Eli, you are, like,
the worst bachelor ever.

INSTEAD OF HOOKING UP
WITH OLD GIRLFRIENDS,

OF WHICH WE KNOW
THERE'S NOT MANY,

YOU BREAK OUT
THE MICROWAVE POPCORN,

and you spend your nights in bed
watching reruns of TV movies

on the WE network.

I'M NOT IN BED.
SHOWS HOW MUCH YOU KNOW.

LOOK, I GOTTA GET SOME SLEEP.

I GOT ROUNDS
IN LESS THAN SIX HOURS.
HELP ME, STONE.

WHAT DID YOU SAY?
NOTHING.
GOOD NIGHT, LITTLE BROTHER.

HELP ME, STONE.

OH, NO.
HELP ME, STONE.

HELP ME, STONE.

OH, NO, NO, NO,
NO, NO, NO. NO, NO, NO, NO!

HELP ME, STONE.
HELP ME, ST--

AAH!

HELP ME, STONE.
NO! GET BACK IN THE TV!

HELP ME.

HELP ME. PLEASE, STONE.
HELP ME.

AAH!

HE CAME OUT OF THE TELEVISION.
LIKE THAT CREEPY CHICK
IN "THE RING"?

OH, HE DIDN'T CLIMB OUT EXACTLY.
FIRST HE WAS ON TV.

THEN HE APPEARED
IN MY APARTMENT.

MAN, EVERYBODY COMES
TO YOUR APARTMENT--

GEORGE MICHAEL,
A BOYS' CHOIR...

I'M A LITTLE INSULTED
I HAVEN'T BEEN INVITED.

I'M NOT INVITING THEM. I DON'T
EVEN KNOW WHO THIS GUY IS.

DOES HE LOOK FAMILIAR?

NO. HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO HELP
A GUY I'VE NEVER EVEN MET--

TAKE AN AD OUT IN THE PAPER?
YOU KNOW, GET A POLICE SKETCH?

THIS IS CLEARLY
A W&S KIND OF VISION.

WAIT AND SEE.

YOU'VE CATEGORIZED MY VISIONS?
LOOK AT MY HERB SHELF, DUDE.

I'M A LITTLE O.C.D.
WITH THE LABELING.

NOW BEAT IT. HAVE TO GET
00.

BUT--
WAIT AND SEE.

ELI IS
A REMARKABLE YOUNG MAN.

I THOUGHT WE DROPPED
THE FORMALITY

OF BEING DIPLOMATIC
DECADES AGO, MASON.

WELL, HE CERTAINLY MADE

FOR AN EVENTFUL
ENGAGEMENT PARTY.
TAYLOR'S TASTE IN MEN
HAS ALWAYS BEEN

A FEW STEPS
BEYOND MY COMPREHENSION.

ALLOW ME TO ENLIGHTEN.

SHE LOVES ELI
BECAUSE SHE SEES YOU IN HIM--

WELL, YOUR SPIRIT,
YOUR INTELLECT,

YOUR GINSU-SHARP LEGAL MIND.

HMM. IF I DIDN'T KNOW YOU
ANY BETTER,

I'D SAY YOU WERE BUTTERING
ME UP FOR SOMETHING.

WELL, AS IT TURNS OUT,

THERE IS A LEGAL MATTER
WE'VE BEEN HANDLING IN-HOUSE.

BUT SINCE THE E.E.O.C. HAS
ALLOWED THE CLAIM TO GO FORWARD,

IT'S TIME FOR ME
TO RETAIN OUTSIDE COUNSEL.

THE E.E.O.C.?
WHAT'S THE CLAIM?
DISCRIMINATORY
HIRING PRACTICES.

THE PLAINTIFF IS A YOUNG LAWYER
THAT WE INTERVIEWED

BUT ULTIMATELY DIDN'T HIRE--
I ULTIMATELY DIDN'T HIRE.

SO SHE GOES AND FILES
A DISCRIMINATION CLAIM.

HE DID, ACTUALLY.
IS HE GAY?

NOT AS FAR AS I KNOW.

SORRY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
WHAT'S HE ALLEGING?

RACISM. HE CLAIMS I DIDN'T
HIRE HIM BECAUSE HE'S BLACK.

GET AWAY. I'M HAVING
A REALLY LOUSY WEEK.

MAYBE I CAN HELP.
MY PLATE'S CLEAN.

THAT'S BECAUSE NO ONE ELSE
WILL WORK WITH YOU.

OH, COME ON.
WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON?

FINE. I NEED
A RESTRAINING ORDER PETITION.

DO YOU KNOW HOW TO DRAFT ONE?
YEAH, SURE THING.
WHO ARE THE PARTIES?

I'M SEEKING THE T.R.O.
PERSONALLY, ACTUALLY.
REALLY? AGAINST WHO?

ONE MAGGIE DEKKER.
THAT'S TWO K's.

GOOD MORNING!

BEAUTIFUL DAY, ISN'T IT?

OH, MY GOD. SOMEONE TOLD YOU.
I HEARD FROM DENISE IN H.R.,

BUT I CONFIRMED WITH LARRY
IN THE TECH DEPARTMENT.

I WAS AFRAID IT WAS
TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE!
LARRY IN THE TECH DEPARTMENT

KNOWS THAT I
BROKE UP WITH TAYLOR?

DOES JORDAN KNOW?
I'M NOT SURE, BUT I'D BE HAPPY
TO TELL HIM MYSELF.

LET ME TRY HIS EXTENSION.
PATTI, I BROKE UP WITH TAYLOR
BECAUSE OF MY ANEURYSM.

OH, AND I THOUGHT YOUR
CONDITION WAS A BAD THING.
IF YOU TOLD JORDAN THAT,
THAT WOULD BE ANTITHETICAL

TO MY CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT
AT THIS FIRM.

YOU'RE THE ONLY GUY WHO COULD
DUMP THE BOSS'S DAUGHTER

AND BE WORRIED ABOUT GETTING
FIRED FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
YOU GOTTA SUSS OUT
WHAT TAYLOR TOLD JORDAN.

CALL HER ASSISTANT.

OR YOU'RE SEEING JORDAN
AT THE STAFF MEETING.

WHY DON'T YOU... SUSS IT OUT
FOR YOURSELF?

MR. STONE.

MORNING, SIR. FINE.

I MEAN, I'M FINE, SIR.
HOW ARE YOU?
THINGS COULD BE BETTER.

NEW MATTER--WE'RE BEING
RETAINED BY MASON ANDREWS.

THE MASON ANDREWS?

THERE'S ONLY ONE
THAT I'M AWARE OF.

I NEED A SECOND CHAIR.

MR. STONE,
YOU'RE NOT VOLUNTEERING.

I WASN'T SURE IF, UH...

WELL, I THOUGHT
UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES...

I'M SURE MR. ANDREWS WOULD BE
WELL-SERVED BY SUCH ELOQUENCE.

MR. STONE?

WHAT IS IT NOW?

MAN, I GOTTA START BRINGING
MY CAMCORDER TO THESE MEETINGS.

I THINK I ATE SOME BAD SUSHI.
00 IN THE MORNING.

WILL YOU EXCUSE ME
FOR A MINUTE?

YOU HAVE
TO DO SOMETHING.

I AM WITH A PATIENT
RIGHT NOW, ELI.
I'M A PATIENT, TOO.

NOT RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE NOT.
YOU HAVE TO WRITE ME
A PRESCRIPTION

FOR SLEEPING PILLS,
ANXIETY MEDICATION--
BEG FOR TAYLOR'S FORGIVENESS
AND CALL ME IN THE MORNING.

JAKE, I'M SO SORRY
ABOUT THAT.

AH, UH, PLEASE IGNORE HIM, JAKE.
THIS IS MY LITTLE BROTHER

WHO'S BEEN ATTACHED
TO MY HIP SINCE I WAS 3.

EVERY TIME I HAVE HIM REMOVED,
HE GROWS BACK.

IT'S OKAY.
NICE TO MEET YOU.

I'M JAKE McCANN.

ELI.

ELI STONE.

WHAT'S GOING ON WITH YOU?
WHY DO YOU CARE SO MUCH?

THE GUY JUST WOKE UP
FROM A COMA, FOR GOD SAKES.

WAIT, HE WOKE UP FROM A CO--
JAKE McCANN IS COMA GUY!

YOU'VE BEEN TREATING COMA GUY!
CHEN WAS RIGHT.

YEAH, I SAW HIM
ON "KIMMEL" AND--
"GOOD MORNING AMERICA."
WHO IS CHEN?

DOESN'T MATTER.
LISTEN, YOU HAVE TO ASK HIM--
NO, NO, HE DOES NOT NEED
A LAWYER, ELI.

HE WAS IN A COMA. COMAS DON'T
JUST HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT.
WELL, IN THIS CASE,
THEY DO, YOU KNOW?

HE HAPPENED TO FALL
OFF OF HIS ROOF

WHILE HE WAS
CLEANING OUT HIS GUTTER.
JUST ASK IF HE HAS
ANY LEGAL PROBLEMS.

IF HE DOESN'T, I'LL LEAVE
YOU AND COMA GUY ALONE.
IF THIS ENDS UP IN A MALPRACTICE
SUIT, I'M GONNA KILL YOU, TOOL.

WHERE'S YOUR REPRESENTATION,
MR. BENNETT?
I'M PRO SE. I DIDN'T SPEND
THREE YEARS IN LAW SCHOOL

TO PAY SOME GUY TO DO
WHAT I CAN DO MYSELF FOR FREE.

AND WHAT'S THAT--
LOSE SPECTACULARLY?
MATT DOWD, RIGHT?

DIDN'T YOU JUST
GET SPANKED FOR $5 MIL

BY A LAWYER IN YOUR OWN FIRM?

LET'S TALK ABOUT A TRIAL DATE.

ACTUALLY, WE DON'T THINK
YOU WANT TO TAKE

THIS MATTER TO TRIAL.
IT'S NOT IN YOUR BEST INTEREST.
I'VE NEVER MET
AN OPPOSING COUNSEL

WHO'S CONCERNED
WITH MY INTEREST.
I'M JUST TRYING
TO SAVE YOU TIME

AND RULE 11 SANCTIONS
FOR FILING A FRIVOLOUS CLAIM.

THE E.E.O.C. GAVE ME
GO-AHEAD FOR THIS TRIAL,

SO IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE LESS
THAN FRIVOLOUS.

BE THAT AS IT MAY,
A SUIT LIKE THIS

WOULD MAKE YOU VIRTUALLY
UNEMPLOYABLE IN THIS TOWN.

NOT IF I WIN IT.

WHICH YOU WON'T.
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO,

ARGUE MASON ANDREWS
IS PREJUDICED

AGAINST AFRICAN-AMERICANS--THAT
HE'S PREJUDICED AGAINST HIMSELF?

NOT HIMSELF OR ANYONE
IN HIS CURRENT ZIP CODE.

IT'S BLACK FOLKS LIKE ME
HE CAN'T STAND.

GET BACK TO ME
ABOUT A TRIAL DATE.

SEEMS PLEASANT ENOUGH.

CAN'T IMAGINE WHY HE'D HAVE
A HARD TIME FINDING A JOB.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN,
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND?

WELL, IF YOU HAVEN'T
FIGURED IT OUT YET, HONEY,

YOU HAVEN'T BEEN LISTENING
HARD ENOUGH.

IS THAT TAYLOR'S ASSISTANT?
ARE YOU REALLY GONNA DO THAT
EVERY TIME I FINISH A CALL?

IS IT ANNOYING?
YOU HAVE NO IDEA.

GOOD.

FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT TAYLOR
TOLD JORDAN, AND I'LL STOP.

ASK HER YOURSELF.
SHE'S STANDING RIGHT BEHIND YOU.

TAYLOR.
UH, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

LUNCH WITH DAD,
ACTUALLY.

HOW ARE YOU, PATTI?

BETTER THAN I'VE BEEN
IN QUITE SOME TIME.

OKAY.

I CAN EXPLAIN.
YOU'RE NERVOUS ABOUT
WHAT I MIGHT TELL MY DAD,

SO YOU DISPATCHED YOUR ASSISTANT
TO PUMP MINE FOR INFORMATION.
I GUESS I DON'T NEED
TO EXPLAIN.

LOOK, I JUST STOPPED BY
TO TELL YOU THAT I'M GOING

TO THE APARTMENT ON THURSDAY
TO PICK UP MY STUFF.

I STILL HAVE MY KEY,

SO YOU DON'T HAVE
TO BE THERE TO LET ME IN.
TAYLOR?

FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH,
I FEEL AWFUL...

UNBELIEVABLY AWFUL.

AND YOU BROKE UP WITH ME...

SO YOU CAN IMAGINE
HOW I FEEL.

YOU CALL
AT THE WORST TIMES, NATE.

It's Coma Guy.

Turns out--and I can't
believe I'm saying this--

he does need a lawyer.

UH-HUH. MR. McCANN,
MY ASSOCIATE MAGGIE DEKKER.

PLEASED TO MEET YOU, COMA GUY--
MR. COMA GUY--

McCANN! MR. McCANN.
DON'T MIND HER.
SHE HAS TOURETTE'S.

NO, NO, IT'S--IT'S OKAY.

EVER SINCE "KIMMEL,"
I GET IT EVERYWHERE I GO,

WHICH IS KIND OF IRONIC
SINCE WHEN I WENT TO SLEEP,

I HAD NO IDEA WHO KIMMEL WAS.
MUST HAVE BEEN HARD
ON YOUR WIFE.

YEAH, BUT, UH, SHE COPED BY
LEAVING ME FOR MY BEST FRIEND

AND BUSINESS PARTNER.
STARTING TO FIGURE OUT
WHY YOU WANT TO HIRE A LAWYER.

I ALREADY HAVE, ACTUALLY.
HE SAID I SHOULD JUST TAKE

THE 10 MILLION
THAT BROOKE AND ADAM

ARE OFFERING ME AND WALK.
WAIT. $10 MILLION?

AFTER I SLIPPED OFF THE ROOF,
ADAM TOOK OUR START-UP PUBLIC,

AND IT TRIPLED IN VALUE.
$10 MILLION'S A LOT OF MONEY.

I DON'T CARE ABOUT MONEY.
I CARE ABOUT MY COMPANY,

WHAT I BUILT,
AND I WANT TO GET IT BACK.

SHE GOT IT IN THE DIVORCE,
I'M GUESSING.

YEAH, IT WAS
A PRETTY SWEET DEAL.

BROOKE GOT MY COMPANY,
AND ADAM GOT MY WIFE.

HOW ARE YOU NOT
THE MOST BITTER MAN ON EARTH?

WELL, WHO SAYS I'M NOT?

HERE I AM, SITTING DOWN
WITH TWO MORE LAWYERS.

ONE AND A HALF, ACTUALLY.
THE PROBLEM IS,

IF THE DIVORCE GAVE BROOKE
THE COMPANY,

THEN IT'S GONNA BE PRETTY HARD
TO UNDO THAT.
BUT I WAS IN A COMA.

IT DOESN'T MATTER.
CALIFORNIA'S A NO-FAULT STATE,

SO IF BROOKE WANTS A DIVORCE,
SHE GETS ONE.

AND EVEN IF WE COULD CONTEST IT,
IT WOULD BE HARD TO DO

SINCE THE MARRIAGE
WAS ANNULLED, SO...

OH, GOD.

IT'S A GOOD SIGN
WHEN HE DOES THAT.

IF YOU WANT
TO UNDO THE DIVORCE,

YOUR BEST SHOT IS
TO CONTEST THE ANNULMENT.

BUT THAT MEANS
WE'D HAVE TO...

YEAH, YEAH. I MEAN,
WE'D HAVE TO SUE THE CHURCH.

LET ME SEE IF I HAVE
THIS RIGHT, MR. STONE.

YOUR CLIENT WANTS TO REGAIN
CONTROL OF HIS COMPANY,

SO YOU'RE CONTESTING
THE ANNULMENT OF HIS MARRIAGE?

IT DOESN'T SOUND
QUITE AS RIDICULOUS

WHEN I EXPLAIN IT,
YOUR HONOR.
I WOULDN'T BE SO SURE.

MR. McCANN AND MR. STONE
ARE ASKING THE COURT

TO INSERT ITSELF
INTO A CHURCH MATTER.
OVERTURN ONE, ACTUALLY,

BUT I'M GLAD YOU'VE
BEEN PAYING ATTENTION.

ONLY BECAUSE I KEEP WAITING
FOR SOME MENTION

OF THE SEPARATION
BETWEEN CHURCH AND STATE.
THAT STILL AROUND?

IT'S HARD TO TELL WITH
THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.
FUNNY, BUT YOU'RE GONNA
HAVE TO DO BETTER THAN COMEDY

IF YOU WANT TO CONVINCE ME
NOT TO KICK THIS, MR. STONE.

YOUR HONOR, THE FIRST AMENDMENT
DOESN'T INSULATE THE CHURCH

FROM A CIVIL SUIT,
AS THE RECENT SPATE

OF PRIESTLY MISCONDUCT CASES
DEMONSTRATES.

JAKE McCANN HAS EVERY RIGHT
TO CONTEST THE ANNULMENT

OF HIS MARRIAGE.
ON WHAT GROUNDS?

THERE HAVE BEEN NO ALLEGATIONS
OF FRAUD, IMPROPRIETY

OR ANY OTHER FORM
OF MISCONDUCT.
DEPENDS HOW YOU DEFINE
"MISCONDUCT," MISS HALSTON.

BOTH ECCLESIASTICAL
AND CALIFORNIA STATE LAW REQUIRE

THAT BOTH PARTIES BE NOTIFIED
OF ANNULMENT PROCEEDINGS.

MY CLIENT WASN'T.
HE WAS IN A COMA.

YES, THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME.
NOT ONLY WAS MY CLIENT

NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ANNULMENT,
HE WAS UNABLE TO CONTEST IT,

SOMETHING HE HAD EVERY RIGHT
TO DO UNDER CHURCH LAW.

EVEN IF MR. McCANN
WAS FULLY CONSCIOUS,

THERE'S NO REASON TO BELIEVE
THE CHURCH WOULDN'T

HAVE GRANTED
THE ANNULMENT ANYWAY.
THAT'S WHAT TRIALS ARE FOR--

TO FIND OUT WHAT DID
OR WOULD HAVE HAPPENED.
I AM NOT GONNA LET THIS GO
TO A FULL-BLOWN TRIAL

ON JUST YOUR SAY-SO.
BUT I'M NOT INCLINED TO GRANT

THE DEFENDANT'S MOTION
TO DISMISS, EITHER.
YOUR HONOR--

I WANT TO HEAR FROM THE PRIEST
WHO VITIATED THE MARRIAGE.

EVIDENTIARY HEARING
2:00 TOMORROW. ADJOURNED.

EVERYTHING WAS GOING GREAT.

IN TWO WEEKS, I BLAZED
THROUGH THE SCREENING PROCESS.

THEY SAT ME DOWN WITH PARTNERS
AND SENIOR ASSOCIATES.

THE ONLY PEOPLE I DIDN'T MEET
WERE THE GUYS IN THE MAILROOM.

BUT THEN I HAD LUNCH
WITH MASON ANDREWS.

NOW I WAS TERRIFIED.
THIS MAN WAS MY HERO, A'IGHT?

BUT THE MINUTE
I SHOOK HIS HAND,

I KNEW THE FEELING
WASN'T MUTUAL.

AND SO BEGINS
THE SPECULATION.

IT'S NOT SPECULATION.
IT'S EXPERIENCE.

THAT LOOK THAT MASON ANDREWS
GAVE ME WHEN WE SAT DOWN--

I'VE SEEN THAT LOOK
A MILLION TIMES--

THAT LOOK THAT SAYS
THAT I'M LESS THAN.

YOUR HONOR, WE DIDN'T
REALIZE THAT MR. ANDREWS

GAVE HIM
THE "LESS THAN" LOOK.

MOVE TO SKIP THE TRIAL AND ENTER
JUDGMENT FOR THE PLAINTIFF.

MR. DOWD, I KNOW YOU'RE EAGER
TO IMPRESS YOUR OWN BOSS,

BUT PLEASE LET MR. BENNETT
FINISH HIS ACCOUNT.

HE CRACKED A JOKE
ABOUT DEFENDING SOME PEOPLE

FROM MY OLD NEIGHBORHOOD,
ASKED ME IF I WORE MY HAIR

THIS WAY
SO THAT MY CRIMINAL CLIENTS

WOULD IDENTIFY WITH ME MORE.

THEN HE EXCUSED HIMSELF,
CITING A COURT APPEARANCE.

HE DIDN'T HAVE ONE.
I CHECKED THE DOCKETS.

THE ONLY REASON I DIDN'T GET
HIRED WAS THE SAME REASON

HE LEFT THAT LUNCH EARLY.
BLACK PEOPLE LIKE ME

MAKE BLACK PEOPLE LIKE
MASON ANDREWS UNCOMFORTABLE.

WHAT DID MR. ANDREWS SAY
HIS PROBLEM WAS

WITH BLACK ATTORNEYS?

HE'D NEVER STATE
HIS PREJUDICE OUTRIGHT.

DID HE EVER TELL YOU WHY
YOU DIDN'T GET THE JOB?
NO.

SO YOU HAVE NO EVIDENCE
FROM MASON ANDREWS' MOUTH

OR ANY OF HIS FRIENDS
OR COLLEAGUES

THAT HE DIDN'T HIRE YOU
BECAUSE OF YOUR RACE?

ASKED AND ANSWERED,
COUNSEL.

WHY DIDN'T YOU APPLY FOR A JOB
WITH MY FIRM, MR. BENNETT?

WE RECRUIT FROM THE SAME
APPLICANT POOL AS ANDREWS WORTH.

JUST DIDN'T THINK
IT'D BE A GOOD FIT.

SO YOU MADE A CHOICE ABOUT
WHAT FIRM FITS YOU BEST,

AND YET YOU'RE SUING
MASON ANDREWS' FIRM

FOR MAKING THE SAME KIND
OF DECISION.

IT'S NOT THE SAME KIND
OF DECISION.

I BEG TO DIFFER.

PERHAPS I SHOULD SUE YOU
FOR DISCRIMINATION.

I DID NOT GO THROUGH
12 YEARS OF CATHOLIC SCHOOL

AND THREE YEARS OF LAW SCHOOL
JUST TO SUE GOD.

WE'RE NOT SUING GOD.
WE'RE SUING THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.

LIKE THAT DISTINCTION'S
GONNA MATTER

WHEN MY SKIN IS ROASTING

IN THE NONCONSUMING FIRE
OF ALL ETERNITY.

JUST AS LONG AS WE'RE NOT
BEING DRAMATIC ABOUT IT.
NO, I'M SERIOUS, ELI.

LOOK, DON'T LET THIS
ROUGH-EDGED DEMEANOR FOOL YOU.

BENEATH THIS TOUGH EXTERIOR
BEATS THE HEART OF A GIRL

WHO STILL BELIEVES IN GOD,
PRAYER AND MARRYING FOR LIFE.

ELI, MR. AND MRS. RIVERA

ARE HERE WITHOUT AN APPOINTMENT.

OR AN ATTORNEY, APPARENTLY.
WHERE'S YOUR ATTORNEY?

PATTI, IS IT TOO MUCH
TO ASK YOU TO INSULATE ME

FROM ILLEGAL
EX PARTE CONVERSATIONS?

THIS ISN'T SOME LEGAL
TECHNICALITY TO US, MR. STONE.

THIS LAWSUIT IS PLAYING HAVOC
WITH OUR LIVES.

THE SITUATION ALSO SEEMS
A LITTLE INCONVENIENT FOR JAKE.
JAKE IS MY BEST FRIEND.

WAS.
YOU WON'T FIND TWO PEOPLE
ON EARTH WHO CARE ABOUT HIM

MORE THAN WE DO.
WOW. THAT KIND OF SUCKS
FOR JAKE.

WHAT WERE
WE SUPPOSED TO DO?

IT HAD BEEN THREE YEARS,
AND EVERY DOCTOR, ALL OF THEM,

SAID THAT HE WAS
NEVER GONNA WAKE UP.

YOU CAN'T BLAME US
FOR NOT BEING ABLE

TO SEE THE FUTURE,
MR. STONE.
AND YOU CAN'T BLAME JAKE FOR
WANTING TO GET HIS LIFE BACK.

HIS LIFE? BUT HE DOESN'T WANT
HIS LIFE BACK, MR. STONE.

HE WANTS OURS.
WELL, JAKE DISAGREES, WHICH IS
WHY WE'RE IN LITIGATION,

AND LITIGATION IS WHY WE CAN'T
CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION.

NOW PLEASE GO.

PATTI, YOU'RE SUPPOSED
TO BE MY GATEKEEPER.

YOU'RE SUING GOD,

AND YOU'RE TELLING ME
WHAT I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO DO?

I'M NOT SUING GOD!

SPEAKING OF
THE MAN UPSTAIRS,

JORDAN WOULD LIKE YOU
IN HIS OFFICE... PRONTO.

SUING GOD NOW, ARE WE, ELI?

NOT THE ALMIGHTY,
SIR. UH, JUST HIS CHURCH.

ACTUALLY, NOT AN ENTIRE CHURCH,
JUST A PRIEST.

UM, PEOPLE DO THAT
ALL THE TIME THESE DAYS.

IT'S LIKE BUYING A HYBRID.

THAT'S NOT WHY I SUMMONED YOU.
PLEASE SIT DOWN.

TAYLOR TOLD ME ABOUT YOU
BREAKING OFF THE ENGAGEMENT.

I'M NOT ANGRY WITH YOU,
IF YOU'RE CONCERNED.

I'M NOT CONCERNED.
I...

"PANICKED" WOULD BE
MORE ACCURATE.

I HOPE I DIDN'T INFLUENCE
YOUR DECISION IN ANY WAY.

IS THAT WHAT SHE--

SHE WASN'T FORTHCOMING
WITH SPECIFICS.

SHE'S AMAZING, SIR.

AND I'M SORRY
IT DIDN'T WORK OUT,

BUT, UH...

THE REASON IS...

PERSONAL.

IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE?

NO. YOU CAN GO.

JAKE?

I WAS FEELIN'

SO BAD

I ASKED MY FAMILY DOCTOR
JUST WHAT I HAD

OH, NOT AGAIN.

I SAID, DOCTOR
DOCTOR

MR. M.D.
DOCTOR

CAN YOU TELL ME, TELL ME,
TELL ME, WHAT'S AILING ME?

DOCTOR
HE SAID YEAH, YEAH,
YEAH, YEAH, YEAH

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH,
YEAH, YEAH

OH, YES, INDEED

ALL YOU REALLY NEED

IS GOOD LOVIN'
GIMME THAT GOOD,
GOOD LOVIN'

GOOD LOVIN'
ALL I NEED IS
YOUR GOOD LOVIN'

GIMME THAT GOOD,
GOOD LOVIN'...

ALL I NEED IS LOVIN'

GOOD LOVIN'
ALL I WANT IS LOVIN'

GOOD LOVIN'
BURNIN' LOVE

GOOD LOVIN'
ALL YOU NEED AT NIGHT

GOOD LOVIN'
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE

GOOD LOVIN'
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE,
LOVE, LOVE

GOOD LOVIN'

AHEM.

I GRADUATED NUMBER ONE
IN MY HARVARD LAW SCHOOL CLASS.

AFTER MY FIRST INTERVIEW,
I OVERHEARD THE TWO MEN

I'D JUST BEEN TALKING WITH
JOKING THAT...

"LETTING A NEGRO INTO HARVARD

WAS LIKE TEACHING
A DONKEY TO ICE-SKATE."

THAT'S NOT BEING HIRED
BECAUSE OF YOUR RACE.

IS THAT WHY
YOU STARTED YOUR OWN FIRM?
YES, AND I'M PROUD TO SAY
THAT MY HIRING PRACTICES

ARE THE MOST DIVERSE
IN THE COUNTRY.

AND THESE WOULD BE
THE ASSOCIATES YOU'VE HIRED?

WELL, SOME OF THEM. THE OTHERS
HAD BETTER THINGS TO DO

THAN TO HELP DEFEND ME
THIS AFTERNOON.

NOTHING FURTHER, YOUR HONOR.

HOW WELL DO YOU RECALL OUR LUNCH
THAT DAY, MR. ANDREWS?
WELL ENOUGH.

DO YOU RECALL ASKING ME
ABOUT MY HAIR?

YES,
BECAUSE IT SEEMED UNKEMPT.
DO YOU EVER WEAR A 'FRO?

DREADS?
HOW ABOUT SOME CORNROWS?

OBJECTION. I DOUBT MR. ANDREWS'
HAIR CHOICE HAS ANY RELEVANCE.

IT HAS AS MUCH RELEVANCE
AS MY HAIR HAD TO DO

WITH ME NOT GETTING THE JOB.
OVERRULED.

DO YOU BELIEVE YOU HAD TO CHANGE
YOUR APPEARANCE IN ANY WAY

TO FIT INTO THE CORPORATE WORLD
THAT YOU NOW DOMINATE?
WELL, OF COURSE, BUT THAT'S NOT
RACISM. THAT'S COMMON SENSE.

BUT YOU DON'T BELIEVE
I MADE THOSE CHANGES.
AS A BUSINESS OWNER, I HAVE
A RIGHT TO MAKE DECISIONS

ABOUT WHO I DO AND DO NOT HIRE.
THAT RIGHT IS PROTECTED BY LAW.

PROVIDED
YOU DON'T DISCRIMINATE.

COULD THE BROTHER IN THE BACK
STAND UP AGAIN, PLEASE?

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THIS GENTLEMAN...

AND ME?

WELL, HE'S NOT SUING ME,
FOR ONE THING.

THAT'S, UH, THAT'S FUNNY.
UH, ANY OTHER DIFFERENCES?

WELL, HIS EXPERIENCE
AND HIS RéSUMé WERE

A BETTER FIT FOR MY FIRM,
IF THAT'S WHAT YOU MEAN.
IF I SUBPOENA
HIS LAW SCHOOL TRANSCRIPTS,

AM I LIKELY TO FIND
THAT HE WAS ALSO SALUTATORIAN

AT ONE OF THE LEADING
LAW SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY--

YOUR ALMA MATER?
MR. BENNETT, THERE'S NO DOUBT
YOU'RE AN INTELLIGENT MAN,

OR YOU WOULDN'T HAVE MADE
THE LUNCH IN THE FIRST PLACE.

SO THERE'S NO OTHER DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN THIS BLACK MAN AND ME?

ARE YOU BLIND?

WHICH ONE OF US IS DARKER?
OBJECTION!

HOW ABOUT THE WAY WE DRESS?
HE'S BADGERING THE WITNESS.

HE EVEN LOOKS LIKE YOU.
MR. BENNETT, SETTLE DOWN,
OR I WILL HOLD YOU IN CONTEMPT.

THE DIFFERENCE IS
THAT HE DOESN'T USE HIS RACE

AS AN EXCUSE
FOR SHIFTLESS BEHAVIOR.

WOULD YOU CARE TO ELABORATE
ON THAT, SIR?

HAPPILY. YOU SHOWED UP AT
THAT LUNCHEON WITH AN ATTITUDE

THAT I'VE SEEN
IN OTHER BLACK MEN--

BLACK MEN WHO USE
THEIR RACE AS AN EXCUSE

FOR A CERTAIN KIND
OF... ARROGANCE,

AS IF THE RULES THAT APPLY
TO THE REST OF US

DON'T APPLY TO THEM. IF I AM
PREJUDICED AGAINST ANYTHING,

IT'S THAT KIND OF ARROGANCE!
SO THE DAY WE HAD LUNCH,
YOU WEREN'T EATING

WITH A HARVARD GRAD
WITH STELLAR RECOMMENDATIONS

AND A 3-FOR-5 RECORD IN
THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE.

YOU WERE EATING WITH
A YOUNG, ARROGANT BLACK PUNK

WITH AN UNKEMPT 'FRO.

NO WONDER YOU LEFT EARLY.

FATHER HEWSON, COULD YOU
PLEASE TELL THE COURT,

WHAT IS A MARRIAGE IN THE EYES
OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH?

IT'S A HOLY SACRAMENT,
A LIFETIME BOND

BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE BEFORE GOD.
YET HERE WE ARE, IN THE PRESENCE
OF TWO PEOPLE STILL LIVING,

YET NO LONGER BOUND
IN THE EYES OF THE CHURCH.

THAT'S WHAT
AN ANNULMENT DOES.

SO THIS LIFETIME BOND--YOU CAN
JUST IN A SPLIT SECOND ERASE IT?

THE PROCESS IS NOT THAT SIMPLE.
I'M SURE IT'S NOT.

FOR EXAMPLE, I'M SURE
THAT SOME SPOUSES OPPOSE

THE ANNULMENT REQUESTED
BY THE OTHER SPOUSE.

YES, SOME DO.

BUT JAKE McCANN DIDN'T
DESERVE THAT OPPORTUNITY?

I CONSULTED
WITH MR. McCANN'S DOCTORS.

EVERY ONE OF THEM TOLD ME
HE WOULDN'T WAKE UP.

SO I GUESS WHAT
YOU'RE SAYING IS, UH,

JAKE'S RECOVERY
WAS A MIRACLE.

YES, IT WAS.
I GUESS IT'S KIND OF A SHAME,
THEN, THAT A PRIEST,

OF ALL PEOPLE, WASN'T HOLDING
OUT FOR SUCH A MIRACLE.

DO YOU THINK THAT GOD'S DECISION
TO SPARE MR. McCANN'S LIFE

WAS A SIGN THAT
HE WANTED HIM TO FULFILL

HIS ETERNAL MARITAL
OBLIGATIONS TO HIS WIFE?

I DON'T PRESUME
TO QUESTION GOD'S PLAN

FOR ANY OF HIS FAITHFUL.

NO. I GUESS YOU JUST ERASE
THE VOWS THEY MAKE.

WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?

I WAITED FOR YOU
TO WAKE UP, JAKE.

THREE YEARS I WAITED.
TWO OF THEM,

I BARELY LEFT THE HOSPITAL.

"IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH."
THOSE WERE THE VOWS, BROOKE.

THAT'S EASY FOR YOU TO SAY.
YOU WERE ASLEEP.

I WAS ALONE.
I NEEDED SOMEONE.

AND NOW?
DO YOU STILL NEED HIM NOW?

JAKE, I--

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT YOU LOVE
HIM THE WAY THAT YOU LOVED ME.

I'M SO SORRY.

WHAT WERE YOU THINKING
AT THAT LUNCH, MASON?

WHAT WAS I THINKING?
HE ROLLS IN

IN A CHEAP 5-BUTTON ZOOT SUIT
WITH BAD SHOES.

WE'RE SITTING AT THE BEST TABLE
IN THE DERBY ROOM.

HE GREETS THE WAITER

LIKE THEY'RE HOMEYS
ON A STREET CORNER.

CAN YOU SEE PUTTING HIM IN
A ROOM WITH A CORPORATE CLIENT?
ONLY IF THEY WANTED
TO WIN THEIR CASE.

I MADE SACRIFICES
SO HE COULD GO TO HARVARD,

SO HE'D BE CONSIDERED
FOR A CORNER OFFICE

INSTEAD OF A JANITORIAL JOB.
BUT THE PRICE IS

YOU'VE GOT TO ACT, LOOK
AND DRESS A CERTAIN WAY.

NOW I'M SORRY IF THAT INTERFERES
WITH HIS KEEPING IT REAL,

BUT IT'S NOT THE WAY WE
RUN THINGS AT ANDREWS WORTH,

AND IT'S NOT THE WAY YOU RUN
THINGS EITHER, UNLESS,

OF COURSE, YOU'VE CHANGED
YOUR HIRING PRACTICES LATELY.

I'M GONNA WIN THIS CASE,
MASON,

BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I DO
FOR MY CLIENTS.

BUT IF YOU WANT TO SETTLE,

I'LL HELP YOU
WORK OUT A NUMBER.

JUST MAKE SURE IT'S NOT
A GUILTY CONSCIENCE

THAT'S TELLING YOU
TO MAKE A DEAL.

MY CONSCIENCE IS CLEAR.

WE'LL GO TO VERDICT.

THEN I'LL SEE YOU
IN THE MORNING.

BUT WE'RE WINNING.

YES, THE JUDGE WILL PROBABLY
VACATE THE ANNULMENT, BUT...

BUT I DON'T THINK
WE'RE WINNING.

'CAUSE WHAT YOU'RE TRYING
TO WIN, JAKE,

YOU CAN'T GET FROM A LAWSUIT.

I THOUGHT YOU SAID I COULD
GET MY COMPANY BACK THIS WAY.
YOUR COMPANY, YES.

BUT NOT BROOKE.

WELL, I DON'T CARE
ABOUT BROOKE ANYMORE.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S TRUE.

SHE LOVES HIM, JAKE,

AND SHE'S HAPPY WITH HIM.

YOU WANT HER
TO BE HAPPY, RIGHT?

LOOK...

I KNOW A LITTLE SOMETHING
ABOUT LIVING ON BORROWED TIME,

AND YOU'VE ALREADY LOST
FIVE YEARS OF YOUR LIFE.

DON'T SPEND THE REST OF IT
IN A COURTROOM.

IT'S LIKE I LOST HER TWICE,
YOU KNOW?

ONCE WHEN
I WENT INTO THE COMA

AND AGAIN WHEN I WOKE UP.

I UNDERSTAND
WHY YOU'RE ANGRY.

I JUST DON'T THINK BROOKE'S
THE ONE TO BE ANGRY AT.

OKAY.

SETTLE IT.

SO WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT--
THE "BORROWED TIME" THING?

NOTHING.

NOTHING?

MAGGIE, EVERYTHING'S FINE.

PICKIN' UP THE PIECES...

THOUGHT YOU WEREN'T COMING.

THOUGHT YOU DECIDED IT'D BE
BETTER IF I DID THIS ALONE.

I KNOW THAT YOU DIDN'T TELL
YOUR DAD ABOUT THE ANEURYSM.

THANK YOU.

I LOVE YOU, ELI.

YOU HAVEN'T
FIGURED THAT OUT?

I MEANT IT WHEN I SAID YES.

AND I MEANT IT
WHEN I ASKED.

SEEMS LIKE
A LONG TIME AGO.

THREE MONTHS.

I, UH,
TRIED TO RETURN THIS.

THEY WOULDN'T
TAKE IT BACK.

NO RECEIPT.

IT SEEMS LIKE DIAMONDS
REALLY ARE FOREVER, HUH?

AND I'M THINKIN' YOU'RE...

JUST LIKE YOU TO MAKE
A MAJOR PURCHASE

WITHOUT GETTING A RECEIPT.

I DIDN'T THINK
I'D BE TAKING IT BACK.

IT'S FUNNY.

I THOUGHT
IT MIGHT BE A SIGN.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

YOU WERE SO SURE
THAT BREAKING THINGS OFF

WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

THE GUY I'M REPRESENTING
WAS IN A COMA FOR FIVE YEARS.

WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT WORK NOW?

THEY TOLD HIS WIFE
HE WOULD NEVER WAKE UP.

SO SHE LEFT HIM.

AND IT'S HARD TO BLAME HER.

IT WAS A FREAK ACCIDENT.

WHEN THEY GOT MARRIED,

SHE DIDN'T KNOW HE WOULD GO
INTO A COMA

AND THEIR LIVES
WOULD BE RIPPED APART.

YOU KNOW WHAT
COULD HAPPEN TO ME, AND...

AND YOU STILL WANT TO STAY.

AND I'M STILL THAT SAME BOY

THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN
TELLING YOU ALL ALONG.

I RUINED
OUR ENGAGEMENT PARTY.

YOUR FATHER HATES ME.

BUT I'M GOING
FROM BAR TO BAR

WHY WOULD YOU THINK
EITHER OF THOSE TWO THINGS

WOULD MATTER TO ME
MORE THAN YOU?

WHY CAN'T WE JUST REWIND?

OH, AND I'M NOT
SLEEPIN' AT NIGHT...

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

I DON'T KNOW.

BUT I'M GOIN'
FROM BAR TO BAR

CAN'T WE JUST REWIND?

TAYLOR?

GUESS WE SHOULD PROBABLY
TALK ABOUT LAST NIGHT.

TAYLOR?

HELP ME.

I AM. I'M GONNA SETTLE THE CASE
FIRST THING THIS MORNING.

I PROMISE.

THERE'S--THERE'S NO NEED
TO BE ON MY FLOOR.

HELP ME, STONE.

THERE'S SOMETHING
WRONG WITH HIM.

YEAH. YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT.
THE GUY JUST WOKE UP

FROM A 5-YEAR COMA.
HE'S A FREAK OF NATURE.
NO, MEDICALLY WRONG. I THINK
YOU SHOULD CHECK HIM OUT AGAIN.

AND WHAT TEST WOULD YOU
RECOMMEND, DR. STONE?
I WAS THINKING AN M.R.I.,
MAYBE?

AND I WAS KIDDING! OKAY,
HE'S HAD, LIKE, 50 M.R.I.s

IN AS MANY DAYS, NOT TO MENTION
CONSTANT MONITORING

AND MORE MEDS THAN
I WOULD CARE TO COUNT.

BELIEVE ME, IF THERE WAS
SOMETHING TO CATCH,

WE WOULD HAVE CAUGHT IT
BY NOW.
IN THE PAST FEW DAYS, I'VE BEEN
VERY, VERY CLOSE TO HIM.

HE'S PRACTICALLY
BEEN FOLLOWING ME HOME.
WELL, YEAH, YEAH, OF COURSE
YOU FEEL CLOSE TO HIM.

YEAH, IT'S
A SYMPATHETIC TRANSFERENCE.

YOU HAVE
A NEUROLOGICAL CONDITION.

HE'S SUFFERED
A NEUROLOGICAL TRAUMA--
THAT'S NOT IT. THAT'S NOT IT.

I'M TELLING YOU, I KNOW
THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG, NATE.
HOW, ELI?

HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?

I JUST DO.

IT'S BAD ENOUGH THAT YOU
CONVINCED HIM TO GO TO COURT.

AND NOW YOU WANT TO
SUBJECT HIM TO MORE TESTS,

WHICH WILL COST HIM TIME

AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS,
ON A HUNCH?

I WON'T DO IT, ELI.

I'LL TALK TO YOU LATER.
I'VE GOT PATIENTS.

MY FIRST WEEK
AS A PUBLIC DEFENDER,

I WENT IN FOR AN ARRAIGNMENT,
AND WHILE I WAS WAITING,

AN A.D.A. APPROACHED ME
AND TOLD ME THE GALLERY

I WAS SITTING IN
WAS RESERVED FOR ATTORNEYS,

NOT DEFENDANTS.

YEAH. WHEN I TOLD HIM
I WAS A LAWYER,

HE GOT THIS... THIS LOOK...
ON HIS FACE.

IT WAS THE SAME LOOK
MASON ANDREWS GAVE ME

WHEN I FIRST MET HIM,
AND THE A.D.A. WAS WHITE.

MASON ANDREWS IS BLACK,

BUT THE ATTITUDES
AND ASSUMPTIONS--

EXACTLY THE SAME.

I'M SURE MANY OF YOU
ARE THINKING,

"BLACK ON BLACK PREJUDICE?
THAT'S RIDICULOUS.

IT'S IMPOSSIBLE."

WASN'T ALL THAT LONG AGO THEY
WOULD HAVE SAID THE SAME THING

ABOUT INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE
OR DESEGREGATION.

MAYBE THE MOST TELLING MEASURE
OF THE STRIDES WE'VE MADE

IS THE FACT THAT TODAY
A BLACK MAN CAN RISE TO A LEVEL

WHERE HE CAN
ACTUALLY PRACTICE...

DISCRIMINATION...

EVEN IF IT IS
AGAINST ANOTHER BLACK MAN.

MASON ANDREWS LIVED THROUGH
THE CHALLENGES OF SEGREGATION

ON HIS WAY
TO HARVARD LAW SCHOOL...

BECAME A PILLAR IN THE LOCAL
AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY

AND A FAMED ADVOCATE
FOR CIVIL RIGHTS.

DOES THAT SOUND LIKE
A RACIST OF ANY STRIPE?

THERE'S A DIFFERENCE,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

BETWEEN DISCRIMINATION...
AND DISCRETION.

ALL MASON ANDREWS DID
WAS EXERCISE HIS LEGAL RIGHT

NOT TO HIRE SOMEONE
HE DIDN'T CARE FOR.

NOW AS WE ALL WITNESSED,

MASON ANDREWS' DISLIKE
OF MR. BENNETT

IS STEEPED IN
THEIR SHARED RACIAL HERITAGE.

I WOULD EVEN GO SO FAR
AS TO ADMIT

MR. ANDREWS HARBORS
SOME RESENTMENT

OF YOUNG BLACK MEN
LIKE KEITH BENNETT.

BUT RESENTMENT ISN'T RACISM.

AND IF YOU HAVE
ANY DOUBT OF THAT,

ASK YOURSELVES,
IF THESE TWO MEN WERE WHITE...

WOULD WE EVEN BE HERE TODAY?

HEY.

WHERE'S ADAM?

HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE HERE.

JAKE'S AGREED
TO THE SETTLEMENT TERMS.

YOU AND ADAM WILL RETAIN
CONTROL OF THE COMPANY.

I GOT THE, UH,
EXECUTION DRAFTS RIGHT HERE.

ALL SIGNED.

I GUESS, UH...
I GUESS WE'RE DONE.

THANKS.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU.

FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH...

I'M GLAD YOU AND ADAM
FOUND EACH OTHER.

I HOPE
YOU HAVE A GOOD LIFE.

I WANT YOU TO.

JAKE?

THAT'S THE MAN
I FELL IN LOVE WITH.

JAKE! CALL 9-1-1!

OH, MY GOD!

HELP ME, STONE.

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

WHAT WAS IT?
I THOUGHT HE WAS OKAY.

HE WAS. HE...

HE...

HE HAD AN ACUTE M.I...

HEART ATTACK.

YOU KNOW, HIS HEART
COULD HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED

BY THE COMA...

BUT THERE
WEREN'T ANY SIGNS.

IT'S...

IT'S LIKE IT JUST...
STOPPED.

ARE YOU OKAY?

I MEAN, LIKE YOU SAID,

THERE WEREN'T ANY SIGNS.

THERE'S NOTHING
YOU COULD'VE--

JUST...

GO.

ALL RIGHT?

HAS THE JURY REACHED A VERDICT?
WE HAVE, YOUR HONOR.

IN THE MATTER
OF BENNETT vs. ANDREWS,

WE THE JURY FIND NO BASIS
FOR THE CHARGE

OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
UNDER THE CURRENT GUIDELINES

OF THE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION.

THEREFORE, WE FIND FOR
THE DEFENDANT, MASON ANDREWS.

AS NO COUNTER CLAIM
WAS BROUGHT BY THE DEFENDANT,

THERE WILL BE NO DAMAGES
ASSESSED IN THIS CASE.

COURT IS NOW ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU.

MASON...

CONGRATULATIONS.
WELL, THANK YOU.

I GUESS YOU WERE RIGHT,
NOT ALLOWING ME TO SETTLE.

LUNCH AT THE CLUB NEXT WEEK?
I'LL CALL YOU.

MR. BENNETT?

CONGRATULATIONS ON THE WIN.

YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE LAW.

NO, BUT I HAD THE FACTS.

SOME FACTS, BUT NOT PROOF.

I WAS WRONG BEFORE WHEN I SAID
NO FIRM WOULD HIRE YOU.

WHAT, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR
MORE BLACK LAWYERS OVER THERE?

NO.
I NEED MORE GREAT LAWYERS.

I CAN'T BELIEVE
YOU TALKED TO ELI.

YOU PROMISED YOU WOULDN'T
INTERVENE IN MY RELATIONSHIP.

HE WORKS FOR ME, TAYLOR.
I PROMISED NOT TO INTERVENE.

I DIDN'T PROMISE
NOT TO SPEAK TO HIM.

I'M A LAWYER.
I LOOK FOR LOOPHOLES.

BUT YOU CAN'T...
OUR RELATIONSHIP IS STILL...

IT'S STILL COMPLICATED,
OKAY?

YOU CAN'T GO AROUND BULLYING HIM
INTO STAYING WITH ME.

I HAVE NOT DONE, AND HAVE
NO PLANS TO DO, ANY SUCH THING,

NOR DO I FEEL THE NEED TO.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

I THINK ELI IS MORE
THAN A LITTLE CONFLICTED

ABOUT HIS DECISION,
AS ANY SANE MAN WOULD BE.

I THINK SO, TOO.
BUT, TAYLOR,
IT'S EQUALLY OBVIOUS

THAT HE'S IN A STATE
OF... CONFUSION.

I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU
GET HURT.

YOU TAUGHT ME TO FIGHT
FOR THE THINGS I CARE ABOUT.

I CARE ABOUT ELI.

AND I KNOW
WHAT I WANNA DO.

ARE YOU ELI STONE...

ASS-HAT AT LAW?

HOW MUCH DID YOU DRINK?

I'M... I'M NOT SURE.

BUT WHEN THE BARTENDER
ASKS YOU FOR YOUR KEYS BACK,

YOU GOTTA FIGURE
THAT'S NOT A GOOD SIGN.

OR A GOOD SIGN, DEPENDING...
I CABBED IT OVER.

YOU GONNA BE OKAY?

AH, IT'S NOT LIKE JAKE WAS
THE FIRST PATIENT I EVER LOST,

ALTHOUGH THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT
SUCK ANY LESS, YOU KNOW?

THERE'S NOTHING
YOU COULD'VE DONE, NATE.

YOU COULDN'T HAVE
SEEN IT COMING.

I KNOW I COULDN'T.
SO HOW DID YOU?

THE REASON I CAME TO YOU,

AND I ASKED YOU TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT JAKE WAS...

I KNEW HE WAS GONNA DIE.

YOU MEAN,
YOU SAW THE FUTURE?

ARE YOU SURE YOU'RE
NOT THE ONE WHO'S BEEN DRINKING?

YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN
SEEING THINGS LATELY.

WELL, I'M STARTING TO THINK

THAT THEY'RE NOT JUST
'CAUSE OF MY ANEURYSM.

I THINK THEY MAY HAVE
SOME GREATER SIGNIFICANCE.

ELI, LOOK, IT IS ONLY NATURAL

THAT YOU WOULD WANT
TO PLACE YOUR DIAGNOSIS--

NO, NATHAN.

SOMETHING'S HAPPENING
TO ME...

AND IT'S HOW I KNEW
JAKE NEEDED MEDICAL HELP.

HE STARTED SINGIN'
"GOOD LOVIN'."

YOU KNOW THOSE LYRICS?

"I WAS FEELIN' SO BAD.

I ASKED MY FAMILY DOCTOR
JUST WHAT I HAD."

THAT'S YOU. THAT'S WHY
EVERY TIME I SAW HIM,

HE WAS DRESSED AS A PATIENT.

I WAS SUPPOSED
TO GET YOU TO HELP HIM.

OH, MY GOD.

I KNOW
YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME.

I SURE WOULDN'T,
BUT, UH...

I HAD TO TELL SOMEONE ELSE,

SOMEONE CLOSE TO ME.

ELI...

WHEN DAD DIED, I...

I PUT A CASSETTE
IN HIS COFFIN.

IT WAS OF A SONG THAT
HE, UH, HE KEPT SINGING.

WHEN HE TOOK ME UPSTATE
FOR THAT FISHING TRIP...

HE...

HE JUST KEPT SINGING IT
OVER AND OVER.

I HATE FISHING, AND HE WAS
THE WORST SINGER IN THE WORLD.

BUT, UM, THAT TRIP WAS...

WAS... IT WAS REALLY
SPECIAL TO ME.

THE SONG ON THE CASSETTE WAS
"GOOD LOVIN'" BY THE RASCALS.

NOBODY ELSE KNEW ABOUT THAT.

IT'S CRAZY, HUH?

YES, JUST A LITTLE BIT.

I NEED A DRINK--
MORE TO... DRINK.

WELL, I'M OUT OF BOURBON.

YOU HAD ENOUGH, DUDE.

BUT, UH, I DO HAVE
SOME MICROWAVE POPCORN.

OKAY.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT?

THERE'S A RERUN
OF "WORKING GIRL"

ON THE WE CHANNEL.

DUDE, YOU HAVE GOT TO
GET BACK TOGETHER WITH TAYLOR.

IT'S YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE.