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PREVIOUSLY ON "ELI STONE"...

MR. STONE,
SENIOR ASSOCIATE AT MY FIRM,

WAS DIAGNOSED
WITH A BRAIN ANEURYSM.
I THOUGHT YOU'D CHANGED.

ALL THAT'S CHANGED NOW
IS THAT YOU'RE TRYING

TO CLEAN UP YOUR RECORD JUST
IN CASE THERE'S A HEREAFTER.

ALL-STAR CATCHER JAYSON TURK
HIT A FOUL BALL,

WHICH STRUCK HIS
THIRD BASE COACH IN THE HEAD.
I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.

EXCEPT FIND OUT YOUR WIFE
CHEATED ON YOU

WITH THE GUY YOU KILLED.
I WEATHERED

YOUR HOSTILITIES
WHEN I WAS WITH ELI,

BUT NOW THAT I WORK HERE,
I HAVE GOT TO KNOW,

WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR PROBLEM?
I DON'T LIKE WHO ELI BECAME
AFTER HE STARTED DATING YOU.

YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN
SEEING THINGS LATELY.

IT'S CRAZY, HUH?
I CAN'T FIRE YOU,

BUT I'M NOT OBLIGATED
TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN OFFICE

OR AN ASSISTANT. WE'RE DONE.

LOOKS GOOD, MR. STONE.

CHECK IT AGAIN, FRANK.

I'M TELLING YOU,
I SMELL A GASEOUS SUBSTANCE.
MR. STONE,
00 IN THE MORNING.

I'VE BEEN STANDING
IN YOUR APARTMENT

FOR THE LAST 45 MINUTES
LISTENING TO YOU SNIFF.

SMELLS LIKE SMOKE,

BUT THERE'S LIKE A...
FISHY QUALITY TO IT.

IT'S COMING
FROM THE BEDROOM.

YOU HAVE TO SMELL THAT.

I REALLY DON'T.

BUT I'LL SAY ANYTHING
TO GET BACK TO MY APARTMENT.

MAYBE SOMETHING
DIED IN MY CLOSET.

DO YOU HEAR THAT?

NO.

WHEW.

WOW.

I LIKE THIS BLAZER.
IS IT LINEN?

AAH!

WHAT THE HELL?
I'M SORRY. SORRY.
THERE WAS A...

THING IN THE... I TRIPPED.

OKAY. WORD OF ADVICE--

DO YOURSELF A FAVOR
AND BUY A PLUNGER,

'CAUSE THE NEXT TIME YOUR PIPES
BACK UP, YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN.

PUT YOUR DEFENSE DOWN

ELI, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

I'M JUST MAKING
A FEW ADJUSTMENTS.

WELL, YOU KEEP THAT UP,
YOU'RE GONNA BREAK YOUR STATION.

IT'S NOT A STATION.
THIS IS MY OFFICE.

WELL, YOUR OFFICE IS TILTED
TO THE RIGHT A BIT.

HERE...
OOH.

AND HERE.
MM. YOU KNOW,
IF TAYLOR FINDS OUT

YOU'RE ANSWERING MY PHONE

AND BRINGING ME COFFEE...
MMM. IS THAT CINNAMON?

NUTMEG, AND DON'T WORRY
ABOUT TAYLOR.

I'D LIKE TO SEE HER TRY
AND SAY SOMETHING TO ME.
PETER JOHNSON, PETER JOHNSON...

THESE--THESE ARE ALL
FROM THE SAME GUY.

CONFIRMING AND RECONFIRMING
YOUR LUNCH TODAY.

APPARENTLY, MR. JOHNSON
IS UNDER THE IMPRESSION

THAT YOU ARE MUCH BUSIER
THAN YOU ACTUALLY ARE.

I AM BUSY--WITH SCUT WORK.

I'M LIKE THE WORLD'S
HIGHEST-PAID INTERN.

MM-HMM.
STONE?

MM.

IF, UH, I HAVEN'T
SAID IT ALREADY,

I'M SORRY ABOUT
THE WHOLE ANEURYSM THING.

TOUGH BREAK, MAN.

DOES IT AFFECT
YOUR FINE MOTOR SKILLS?

NO, NOT REALLY. IT'S--
IT'S MOSTLY--
GOOD. I'M GONNA
NEED THIS REDLINE

PROOFED AND DUPLICATED BY NOON.
THANKS, BUDDY.

THAT WAS A QUICK TRIP
TO THE FILE ROOM.

WASN'T IT, THOUGH?

WE SHOULD...

I HAD ANOTHER CALL GO
STRAIGHT TO VOICE MAIL

WHILE YOU WERE GONE.

MM-HMM. THAT HAPPENS.

AND MY SCHEDULE, PATTY--

I NEED TO KNOW
WHEN MY MEETINGS ARE.

YOU MEAN LIKE
THE WEDNESDAY MORNING MEETING

THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW?
SO HURRY ON.

DON'T BE LATE.

WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE?

NO. I THINK WE'RE GOOD.

FIRST UP,
IF YOU PAY ATTENTION

TO NOTHING ELSE THIS MORNING...

PAY ATTENTION TO THIS--
ARVIN SOLINSKY.

YES, THERE IS SOMETHING
ABOUT THAT NAME

THAT QUIETS THE ROOM.

DUE
TO EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES,

WE'RE GOING TO NEED
A NEW SENIOR ASSOCIATE

ON THE SOLINSKY TEAM.
YOU ALL HAVE THE FILE.

BECOME EXPERTS. FOR ONE OF YOU,
IT WON'T BE A WASTE OF TIME.

NEXT ITEM--
PEOPLE vs. JAYSON TURK.

MR. DOWD, MR. BENNETT,

WHAT'S HAPPENING
WITH OUR BASEBALL STAR?

I SAW ESPN COVERED
HIS ARRAIGNMENT LIVE.
AND THE LATE NIGHT
COMEDY SHOWS.

EVERYONE SNICKERING
AT THE SUGGESTION

THAT JASON TURK'S A MURDERER
'CAUSE HE HIT THE FOUL BALL

THAT KILLED
HIS THIRD BASE COACH.
WHO HAPPENED TO BE HAVING
AN AFFAIR WITH HIS WIFE,

WHO HAPPENS TO BE
A CELEBRITY BALL PLAYER,

WHO HAPPENS TO BE
USING STEROIDS--
ALLEGEDLY USING,
AS IN DOESN'T.

THE ADAGE "THERE'S NO SUCH THING
AS BAD PUBLICITY"

DOESN'T APPLY
TO CRIMINAL MATTERS.

MAKE THIS GO AWAY.
WE'VE GOT A SIT-DOWN
WITH THE A.D.A. SCHEDULED

FOR THIS AFTERNOON
TO DO JUST THAT.

GOD!

I'M SORRY.

ANEURYSM TIME-OUT.

SORRY.

THIS MAZE
IS GETTING TO MY HEAD

SWEAR I'VE SEEN
THIS WALL BEFORE

NO BOOBY TRAPS
OR PICKET FENCE

JUST DAISIES...

MR. STONE?

THERE'S CAFFEINE
ON THE FLOOR

PETER JOHNSON.

JUNIOR?
SORRY, BUT IF I TOLD
YOUR ASSISTANT

I WAS 15 AND WANTED YOU
TO REPRESENT ME,

I DON'T THINK
YOU WOULD HAVE SHOWN UP.
ONLY 'CAUSE I DON'T
PRACTICE PEDIATRIC LAW.

I GOOGLED YOU--

BIG SETTLEMENTS,
BIG JUDGMENTS--

YOUR NAME'S ALL OVER
THE LAW BLOGS.

YOU'RE EXACTLY
THE KIND OF LAWYER I NEED.

SO... WHAT'S THE CASE?

YOU SUING
THE SCHOOL CAFETERIA

TO PUT FRENCH FRIES
BACK ON THE MENU?

MY MOM DIED,

AND I WANT TO SUE
THE DOCTOR WHO KILLED HER.

WOW.

SORRY, PETER.

LAST YEAR, MY MOM LAURA
WENT IN FOR MINOR SURGERY--

HERNIA OPERATION.

THE ANESTHESIOLOGIST,
DR. AGON,

NEVER BOTHERED
TO CHECK HER CHARTS,

GAVE THE WRONG ANESTHESIA,

AND... THEY SAID SHE HAD
A HEART ATTACK AT THE TABLE.

IT'S ALL IN THE FILE.

LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE BEEN
TO A FEW LAWYERS ALREADY.
SIX.

SO YOU KNOW WHAT
I'M ABOUT TO TELL YOU.
MALPRACTICE IS ALWAYS
DIFFICULT TO PROVE.

WHAT DOES YOUR DAD SAY?

IT WAS JUST ME AND MY MOM--

NOW ME AND MY GRANDMA.

THAT'S AWFUL, PETER.

I'M NOT LOOKING
FOR SYMPATHY.

I'VE GOT CASES IN THE FILE--
ABOUT A DOZEN--

7-FIGURE SETTLEMENTS,
$9 MILLION, $10 MILLION EACH--

AND WITH THE RIGHT KIND
OF LAWYER BEHIND ME,

WITH THE RESOURCES
OF A FIRM LIKE YOURS, I--
WELL, YOU SEE,
THAT'S THE THING.

I MEAN,
MY FIRM ISN'T EXACTLY...

I'VE BEEN KIND OF DEMOTED,
AND, UM,

THEY WON'T LET ME TAKE ON
NEW CASES RIGHT NOW,

SO I...

"DRAGON."

NO, HIS NAME'S AGON.

I GUESS I SHOULD
GET HIS NAME RIGHT

IF I'M GONNA BE
SUING HIM.

A SINGLE MOM? AND SHE DIED
ON THE OPERATING TABLE?

YOU SHOULD MEET THIS KID.
HE'S ALL ALONE.

IT'S TRAGIC, REALLY.
IT IS TO THOSE OF US ACTUALLY
INTERESTED IN HELPING PEOPLE.

I AM INTERESTED
IN HELPING PEOPLE.

ONLY BECAUSE
YOU'RE AFRAID OF DYING,

AND YOU'RE TRYING
TO SUCK UP TO GOD.

MAGGIE, I-I'M SITTING
IN A CUBICLE.

I DON'T EVEN HAVE
MY OWN STAPLER ANYMORE.

BELIEVE ME, THERE ARE
FAR LESS HUMILIATING WAYS

I COULD BE SUCKING UP
TO GOD.

BESIDES, YOU'RE PERFECT
FOR THIS CASE.

NO ONE ELSE HAS THE HEART,
THE WARM COMPASSION--
NOW YOU'RE SUCKING UP TO ME.

NO, I'M NOT.
WE WORK GREAT TOGETHER.

WE'RE LIKE A TEAM.

WERE LIKE A TEAM.
MY SUGGESTION?

GO FIND YOURSELF
ANOTHER PEON TO PEE ON.

OKAY, FINE.
BE PISSED AT ME,

BUT DON'T TAKE IT OUT
ON THIS KID--

THIS POOR ORPHANED KID.
YOU ARE UNBELIEVABLE.

IT'S LIKE I'M A FISH
AND YOU'RE USING A KID

AND HIS DEAD MOM AS BAIT.
IS IT WORKING?

FIRST YEAR ASSOCIATES
CAN'T TRY CASES ALONE.

IT'S FIRM POLICY.
IT'S INVIOLATE.

YES, BUT I WOULDN'T BE TRYING
THE CASE ALONE.

ELI--MR. STONE IS--

DEAD TO ME.
IMPROPERLY SO, SIR,

BUT STILL ALIVE ENOUGH
TO REMAIN A SENIOR ASSOCIATE,

AT LEAST, TECHNICALLY, AND SINCE
HE CAN STILL PRACTICE LAW,

THANKS PARTICULARLY
TO YOU, SIR--
FLATTERY AND JUDICIOUS USE
OF LOOPHOLES--

CLEARLY, YOU KNOW
THE FASTEST WAY TO MY HEART.

VERY WELL. HAVE AT IT--

WITH THE CAVEAT
THAT YOU WILL FIRST CHAIR.

YOU REALIZE THAT I'VE--
I'VE NEVER FIRST CHAIRED

A DINNER PARTY,
LET ALONE A--

MR. STONE IS ON PROBATION.

HE IS NOT TO PARTICIPATE
IN THIS TRIAL.

IF HE SO MUCH AS SNEEZES
IN OPEN COURT,

YOU WILL BE HELD RESPONSIBLE.
AND BY "RESPONSIBLE,"
YOU MEAN...

I CAN'T FIRE MR. STONE, BUT YOU
ENJOY NO SUCH PROTECTION.

GOOD LUCK WITH THE CASE.

WISHING YOU NOTHING
BUT THE BEST.

YOU'RE LATE.

AND YOU'RE WEARING
TWO DIFFERENT SHOES.

I AM?
WELL, IT'S YOUR FAULT.

I'M OPERATING ON ZERO SLEEP.
I'M TERRIFIED, ELI.

OF WHAT?

OF LOSING THIS CASE,

OF GETTING COMPLETELY
AND TOTALLY FIRED...

YOUR FIANCéE, WHO'S BEEN
STARING DAGGERS AT ME

EVER SINCE YOU AND I
WENT TO HAWAII TOGETHER.

ON A CASE,
JUST LIKE THIS ONE.

BESIDES THAT,
SHE'S MY EX-FIANCéE.

BESIDES THAT, THE DAGGER'S
ALL IN YOUR HEAD.

HELPFUL TIP--
DON'T EVER TELL A WOMAN,

PARTICULARLY THE ONE WHO'S
A SENIOR ASSOCIATE ON YOUR CASE,

THAT SHE'S PARANOID.

OH, YEAH.
THIS ISN'T GONNA GET OLD.

FIRST THING I WANT YOU TO DO
IS FAST-TRACK A TRIAL DATE.

I DID IT THIS MORNING.

OH. GREAT. EXCELLENT.

THEN YOU CAN GET TO WORK
DRAFTING THE SUBPOENA

FOR SURGICAL RECORDS.

UH, PRE, DURING AND POST--
DONE.

OH. OKAY. GOOD. GOOD JOB.

UM, AGON'S ASSETS.

I GOT AN INTERN
LOOKING INTO THEM.

WHAT TIME IS IT?
20.

OKAY, WE HAVE TO GET
TO A DEPO AT THE HOSPITAL

WHERE PETER'S MOM DIED.
YOU NOTICED A DEPOSITION WITHOUT
RUNNING IT PAST ME FIRST?

I'M LEAD COUNSEL.
YOU'RE RIGHT.
WITH YOUR JOB IN DANGER,

OF COURSE
YOU'D WANT TO MAKE

ALL THE DECISIONS WITHOUT
ANY INPUT WHATSOEVER FROM ME.

WELL, SCHEDULING THAT DEPO WAS
A SMART IDEA. GOOD INITIATIVE.

OKAY, THEN,
SO NOW I'M GOING TO...

BORROW A PAIR
OF MATCHING SHOES,

GRAB YOUR NOTES,
BACK HERE IN FIVE.
OKAY.

GUYS, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON
FOR TOO LONG.

ME BEING HERE--
THIS SEEMS LIKE A MISTAKE.

I PAY YOU TO TALK TO THE D.A.
SO I DON'T HAVE TO.

YOU WANT TO GIVE SWEREN
SOME FACE TIME.

SHOW HIM THAT RESPECT.
RESPECT? I DID NOTHING WRONG.

THIS FEELS LIKE
I'M LOOKING FOR A FAVOR.
NO, THAT'S WHY WE'VE GOT
HIM TRAVELING TO US.

YOU'RE THE REASONABLE CITIZEN
RESPECTFULLY POINTING OUT

THE ERROR OF HIS WAYS.

WHICH IS WHY WE WANTED
YOUR WIFE HERE--

TO SHOW A LITTLE SUPPORT.
YEAH, WELL, I GUESS SHE THOUGHT
SHE WAS SUPPORTIVE ENOUGH

BY SLEEPING
WITH MY THIRD BASE COACH.

SHE'S KIND OF MOVED OUT.

THAT'S TOUGH. I'M SORRY.

WASN'T EXACTLY HER CHOICE.
I KIND OF PACKED FOR HER.

PRAGMATICALLY, JAYSON,
IF YOU GUYS COULD RECONCILE,

THAT WOULDN'T BE
THE WORST THING,

TRIAL STRATEGY-WISE.

HE'S KIDDING, RIGHT?

I THOUGHT THE WHOLE IDEA
BEHIND MEETING WITH THIS GUY

WAS TO AVOID A TRIAL.

IT IS.
ALL I'M SAYING IS--

THIS JUST GOT MESSENGERED OVER
FROM THE A.D.A.'s OFFICE.

WHERE IS THE A.D.A.?

HE'S NOT COMING.

PUT IT IN.

I BET YOU A THOUSAND BUCKS

YOU CAN'T DO THAT AGAIN.
ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

MIKEY,
ONE RIGHT OVER THE PLATE.

WELL, GUESS WE KNOW WHY

THE A.D.A. DIDN'T COME
TO OUR MEETING.

HE DIDN'T HAVE TO.

BECAUSE OF THAT?

OUR DEFENSE WAS GONNA BE

"WHO COULD HIT A BALL
ACCURATELY ENOUGH

TO KILL SOMEBODY?"
THAT TAPE'S THE ANSWER.

HE'S GONNA ARGUE IT PROVES
MEANS AND PREMEDITATION.

THAT WAS ME
JUST GOOFING AROUND.

BELIEVE ME WHEN I TELL YOU
IT'S NOT GOING TO PLAY

THAT WAY
TO 12 PEOPLE IN A JURY BOX.

WE NEED TO TALK
ABOUT SOME OPTIONS.
NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT.
WE'RE GOING INTO THE COURT

WITH A STRAIGHT
NOT-GUILTY DEFENSE--

NOTHING LESS.
JASON, LISTEN TO ME--

NO. WE'RE DONE TALKING.
I WAS RIGHT THE FIRST TIME.

I SHOULD HAVE STAYED HOME.

YOU'RE THE LAWYERS.
YOU FIX THIS.

I'M NOT GOING TO COURT
BECAUSE I HIT A DAMN BASEBALL.

WHY ARE YOU SO INTENT
ON SELLING OUT OUR CLIENT--

DUDE, I KNOW YOU GOT, LIKE,
A JAYSON TURK LUNCHBOX

AND EVERYTHING, BUT WAKE UP.
INTENTIONALLY KILLING A GUY
WITH A FOUL BALL'S OBTUSE,

EVEN FOR WYLE E. COYOTE. I DON'T
CARE WHAT'S ON THAT TAPE.

AN OPINION INFORMED BY,
WHAT,

YOUR TWO AND A HALF WEEKS
OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE EXPERIENCE?

HE'S YOUR IDOL. I GET IT,

BUT ALL THE JURY'S GONNA SEE
IS A BLACK MAN WHO KILLED

THE GUY
WHO WAS BANGING HIS WIFE.

THAT VIDEO'S A SMOKING GUN.

WE GOT A MEETING
WITH THE JUDGE TOMORROW.

IF WE CAN GET
THE SMOKING GUN EXCLUDED,

WILL YOU GET BEHIND
A STRAIGHT ACQUITTAL?

THAT'S A PRETTY HUGE "IF."

AND IN YOUR CAPACITY

AS ADMINISTRATOR
OF CYPRESS MEMORIAL,

WERE YOU PRESENT FOR WORK
ON MARCH 26th OF LAST YEAR?

ARE YOU REALLY GONNA
ASK ME THAT QUESTION

FOR EVERY DAY
OF THE PAST YEAR?

WELL, I-I LIKE
TO BE THOROUGH.

MS. DEKKER, LET ME JUMP
TO THE BOTTOM LINE.

WHEN YOU HAVE A PATIENT
TAKING MIGRAINE MEDICATION,

LIKE MS. JOHNSON WAS,

AND AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST
WHO PUSHED OPIATES,

LIKE DR. AGON DID,

YOU END UP WITH WHAT
WE CALL A SEROTONIN STORM.

IT'S PREVENTABLE,

AND IT'S WHAT KILLED
YOUR CLIENT'S MOTHER.

AND SO YOU--
FIRED HIS ASS,
AND THEN I TRIED

TO FIGURE OUT WHY IN THE HELL
WE HIRED HIM IN THE FIRST PLACE.

WHY?

IS MY FAVORITE VOWEL.

AGON CAME
VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

WE DIDN'T HEAR ANY
OF THE RUMORS UNTIL AFTER

LAURA JOHNSON'S DEATH.
WHAT RUMORS?

NEGLIGENCE, MALPRACTICE,

A MORTALITY RATE
15% HIGHER THAN THE NORM.

THE TRUTH IS, ST VINCENT'S
UNLOADED THIS GUY ON US.

THEY KNEW ABOUT
AGON'S TRACK RECORD

AND COVERED IT UP

BECAUSE THEY WERE EXPOSED
ALL OVER THE PLACE.

YOU CAN'T BLAME
ANOTHER HOSPITAL

FOR MALPRACTICE
COMMITTED AT YOURS.
YOU WANNA SUE US, GO AHEAD.

SHUT ME DOWN. I HAVEN'T
SLEPT IN THREE YEARS.

OF COURSE, YOU'LL BE
DEPRIVING THIS COMMUNITY

OF THE ONLY E.R.
IN 20 MILES.

I HAVE A BETTER IDEA.

WE DROP OUR LAWSUIT
AGAINST YOUR HOSPITAL--
WHAT?

AND YOU RETAIN US AS COUNSEL.

PETER JOHNSON WILL BE
YOUR CO-PLAINTIFF.
I'M SORRY, MS. BREHE,

BUT HE'S REALLY NOT
SUPPOSED TO BE SPEAKING.

WHO ARE WE ALL SUING?
ST. VINCENT'S.

MY CLIENT AND YOUR HOSPITAL
BOTH SUFFERED

BECAUSE ST. VINCENT'S
LIED BY OMISSION.
I LIKE THE SOUND OF THAT.
I'M IN.

WHAT'S OUR NEXT STEP?

I AVOID GETTING KILLED
BY MY BROTHER.

ST. VINCENT'S
IS HIS HOSPITAL.

DUDE!

WHAT THE HELL?

UH, NATE,
DID WE HAVE A--

YOU SUE MY HOSPITAL,
MY PLACE OF BUSINESS,

AND YOU DON'T EVEN
TELL ME FIRST?!
I WAS GOING TO. I WAS.

BUT THEN I KNEW THAT
YOU WOULD GET REALLY MAD,

AND THERE WOULD BE YELLING,
AND OBVIOUSLY I WAS WRONG.

YOU WANT TO KNOW
HOW I SPENT MY MORNING?
GOLF? I HEARD THAT
DOCTORS LIKE GOLF.

IN THE CHIEF OF STAFF'S OFFICE,
LISTENING TO HIM LOSE HIS MIND

BECAUSE SOME JACKASS
IS SUING OUR HOSPITAL

FOR MALPRACTICE COMMITTED
AT SOMEONE ELSE'S HOSPITAL!

WELL, AREN'T YOU
OVERREACTING A LITTLE?

I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE
I NAMED YOU IN THE SUIT.
THAT IS NOT THE POINT.

WE DON'T NEED LAWYERS
TO KEEP US HONEST, ELI.

SOMEONE DIES ON THE TABLE,
NO ONE WANTS TO FIND OUT

WHAT WENT WRONG
MORE THAN US.

NOW WHAT WE DON'T NEED
IS TO BE DRAGGED INTO COURT

BECAUSE SOME... BECAUSE SOMEONE
IS LOOKING TO MAKE A BUCK.

ST. VINCENT'S DUMPED
THIS GUY, NATE,

AND A 15-YEAR-OLD KID'S MOM
DIED BECAUSE OF IT.

SO YOU CAN GO BACK,
AND YOU CAN TELL YOUR BOSS

THAT YOU TRIED YOUR BEST,
BUT THE MONEY-GRUBBING

AMBULANCE CHASER
THAT YOU'RE RELATED TO

JUST COULDN'T BE SWAYED.

VIDEOTAPE HAS
NO EVIDENTIARY VALUE? REALLY?

THAT'S THEIR ARGUMENT?
NOT ALL VIDEOTAPE.
THIS PARTICULAR VIDEOTAPE.

WELL, SOMEONE SHOULD LET
THE SUPREME COURT KNOW,

BECAUSE THIS WOULD
CERTAINLY BE NEWS TO THEM.
LOOK, NOW COUNSEL'S
JUST BEING AN ASS.

HEY, I GOT AN IDEA. WHY DON'T WE
EXCLUDE THE ENTIRE BASEBALL GAME

DURING WHICH COACH QUESADA
WAS KILLED?

THAT WAS ON VIDEO.
MR. BENNETT,
YOU WERE BEING PREMATURE.

NOW THE A.D.A.'s BEING AN ASS.

YOUR HONOR?
YOU PIN YOUR CASE
ON ANONYMOUSLY SOURCED VIDEO.

DID YOU REALLY IMAGINE THERE
WOULDN'T BE A MOTION TO EXCLUDE?

NO, BUT I... DIDN'T IMAGINE
YOU'D ACTUALLY GRANT IT.

I HAVEN'T
GRANTED ANYTHING YET,

BUT I AM GOING TO HEAR
THEIR ARGUMENT. CALL ME CRAZY.

YOUR HONOR,
EVIDENCE IS ONLY ADMISSIBLE

IF IT'S MORE RELIABLE
THAN PREJUDICIAL.

AND HERE IT'S NOT RELIABLE
BECAUSE IT'S DIGITAL.
BET YOU 1,000 BUCKS
YOU CAN'T DO THAT AGAIN.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. MIKEY,
THROW IT RIGHT OVER THE PLATE.

YOU SWING THAT LUMBER
PRETTY GOOD, PAUL.

DID YOU PLAY COLLEGE BALL?
IT'S A STUNT.

TRUE, BUT IT'S A GOOD ONE.
WITHOUT THE AUTHOR OF THE TAPE,

I CAN'T DETERMINE
ITS RELIABILITY.

THE RECORDING'S OUT.
DEFENSE MOTION GRANTED.

MY NAME IS TREVOR SNYDER.
I'M CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR

FOR ST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL
IN SAN FRANCISCO.

THIS IS A COPY OF THE 8-0-5
HEALTH FACILITY REPORTING FORM

RECEIVED BY YOUR COUNTERPART
AT CYPRESS MEMORIAL,

ALREADY ADMITTED
AS PLAINTIFF'S "B."

COULD YOU READ THE HIGHLIGHTED
PARAGRAPH OUT LOUD?

"IT IS WITH GREAT REGRET
THAT I RECOMMEND JEFFREY AGON--

"REGRET NOT BECAUSE I HAVE
CONCERNS ABOUT HIS ABILITY

"BUT BECAUSE A DOCTOR
OF HIS UNASSAILABLE RECORD

IS IMPOSSIBLE TO REPLACE."

AND NOW COULD YOU
READ IT AGAIN... LOUDER?

OR... INSTEAD, COULD YOU...

TELL ME WHOSE SIGNATURE
IS AT THE BOTTOM?

THAT WOULD BE MINE.

AND WHEN YOU WROTE
IN THE LETTER...

THAT DR. AGON'S RECORD
WAS UNASSAILABLE,

WHAT DID YOU MEAN?

IT MEANS THAT HIS RECORD
COULD NOT BE ATTACKED.

WHY IS IT THAT
CYPRESS MEMORIAL HEARD NOTHING

ABOUT THE... THREE PATIENTS
WHO DIED AT YOUR HOSPITAL?

WASN'T DR. AGON
THE ANESTHESIOLOGIST

IN ALL THREE SURGERIES?
HE WAS CLEARED
OF ANY WRONGDOING.

DR. AGON HIMSELF WAS CALLED
TO ACCOUNT FOR THE INCIDENT

AT OUR MORBIDITY
AND MORTALITY CONFERENCE.

YES, THE M&M CONFERENCE. I THINK
I'D LIKE TO SEE THE TRANSCRIPT.

OBJECTION.
UNDER EVIDENCE CODE 1157,

PEER REVIEW CONFERENCE
TRANSCRIPTS ARE INADMISSIBLE.
SUSTAINED.

GET AT IT ANOTHER WAY.

SO... THREE PATIENTS DEAD
IN TWO MONTHS.

I GUESS THE ONLY EXPLANATION
WOULD JUST BE WHAT, BAD LUCK?

THOSE PATIENTS DIED
IN MY HOSPITAL, MS. DEKKER,

ON MY WATCH. I DON'T APPRECIATE
WHAT YOU'RE IMPLYING,

AND I CERTAINLY DON'T APPROVE
OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING

TO MY COLLEAGUE'S REPUTATION.
YOU MEAN ATTACKING HIS RECORD?

YES.

WELL, IF I'M DOING THAT...

IT'S NOT EXACTLY
UNASSAILABLE, IS IT?

HOW AWESOME WAS I TODAY?

YOU WERE AWESOMELY AWESOME.

YOU SIGNALED IT.
I SAID IT.

IT WAS LIKE
I WAS INSIDE YOUR HEAD.

YOU KNOW, I-I MADE UP A LITTLE
SONG ABOUT FIRST CHAIRING.

YOU WANT TO HEAR IT?

MAYBE LATER...
BUT, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY NOT.

SO WE HAVE DR. AGON HIMSELF
TOMORROW.

NOW HE WON'T UNDERESTIMATE YOU.
YOU HAVE TO HAMMER HIM.

HE'LL SAY,
"ACCIDENTS HAPPEN."

BUT HE'S HAD AN ABOVE AVERAGE
NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS.

DON'T GET INTO STATISTICS.
THE JURY WILL TUNE OUT.

AND KEEP PETER IN YOUR EYELINE.
DON'T FORGET ABOUT HIM.

IF YOU REMEMBER WHY YOU'RE
THERE, THE JURY WILL, TOO.
I'M SORRY.

AND DON'T APOLOGIZE
BEFORE YOU'VE SCREWED UP.

IT'S NOT ENCOURAGING.

NO. I MEANT...

I'M SORRY
FOR HOW I REACTED...

TO YOUR ANEURYSM.

THANKS.

BUT... WHAT DOES THIS HAVE
TO DO WITH OUR CASE?

YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT IT...

NOT JUST ABOUT WINNING.

YOU CARE ABOUT WINNING IT
FOR PETER.

YOU'RE RIGHT.
YOU'RE AN OBJECT OF RIDICULE,

A PROFESSIONAL PARIAH REDUCED
TO BARELY PRACTICING LAW.

THANK YOU. I FEEL BETTER.
IF YOU'RE SUCKING UP TO GOD,
THERE ARE BETTER WAYS.

YEAH, WELL,
GOD AND I ENJOY

A PRETTY
COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIP.

AT LEAST NOW
I'M STARTING TO BELIEVE

IN WHAT HE WANTS ME TO DO.

IT'S LIKE I SEE THINGS NOW,
YOU KNOW?

THINGS THAT WERE ALWAYS THERE

BUT THAT I JUST...
I NEVER NOTICED BEFORE.

LIKE PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP.

INCLUDING HIGH-ANXIETY,

BORDERLINE COMPETENT
JUNIOR ASSOCIATES.

WELL, AT LEAST
I'M BORDERLINE NOW.

HEY.

HEY. HOW ARE YOU?

GOOD. I'M GOOD.
HOW ARE YOU?

THERE'S NO WAY TO ASK THIS
WITHOUT IT SOUNDING WEIRD,

BUT I HAVE A SURPRISE

that I'm sure no one would
appreciate more than you.

So I was hoping that
you'd be free tomorrow night?

UH, TOMORROW NIGHT.
LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

ME, TOO.

MEDICINE'S
DIRTY LITTLE SECRET

IS THAT IT'S NOT
AN EXACT SCIENCE.

I WISH IT WERE.

SO IF MEDICINE ISN'T
AN EXACT SCIENCE, DR. AGON,

DOES THAT MEAN
THAT OPERATIONAL COMPLICATIONS

ARE NEVER THE DOCTOR'S FAULT?

NOT NEVER,
BUT IN THIS INSTANCE

I WAS CLEARED BY
A VERY THOROUGH INVESTIGATION.

THIS THOROUGH INVESTIGATION
BEING THE M&M CONFERENCE,

WHICH IS SHROUDED
BEHIND A VEIL OF SECRECY.
OBJECTION.

I WOULD ACTUALLY
LIKE TO ANSWER THAT.

I PETITIONED THE HOSPITAL
TO RELEASE THOSE TRANSCRIPTS.

IT WAS MY REPUTATION
ON THE LINE.

THE HOSPITAL'S
PATHOLOGY DEPARTMENT

ATTRIBUTED THOSE DEATHS
TO "MALIGNANT HYPOTHERMIA."

WHAT IS THAT?

ON RARE OCCASIONS,
A PATIENT WILL HAVE

AN EXTREME AND FATAL REACTION
TO ANESTHETIC.

THE BODY TEMPERATURE WILL SPIKE,
AND THE HEART FAILS.

AND IT'S COMPLETELY
UNFORESEEABLE,

LIKE... LIGHTNING.

THAT'S RIGHT.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING

IS THAT
THREE OF YOUR PATIENTS

JUST... HAPPENED TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING?

YOUR METAPHOR BELITTLES

THE VERY REAL HUMAN TRAGEDY
HERE.

YOUR ADMITTING
AND O.R. PRIVILEGES

WERE SUSPENDED
FOR SIX MONTHS LAST YEAR.

ISN'T THAT RIGHT?

YES, BECAUSE I WAS
ON SABBATICAL, NOT SUSPENSION.

I TOOK SIX MONTHS OFF
TO FINISH MY BOOK,

"PRINCIPLES OF ANESTHESIA,"
WHICH IS NOW BEING TAUGHT

IN MEDICAL SCHOOLS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

I'M SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS,
SON.

AND MORE THAN ANYTHING
IN THIS WORLD,

I WISH I COULD
BRING YOUR MOM BACK.

WAS THAT AS BIG A DISASTER
AS I THINK IT WAS?

NO, IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE.
IT COULD STILL BE GOING ON.

HEY. WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME SHE
WAS GONNA DO ALL THE TALKING?

I HIRED YOU, NOT HER.
WELL, WE'RE A TEAM, AND WE'RE
NOT DONE FIGHTING YET--

EITHER OF US.

GOING TO COURT WAS SUPPOSED
TO MAKE IT ALL BETTER,

BUT I FEEL WORSE NOW
THAN I DID BEFORE.
I'M GONNA MAKE YOU A PROMISE
THAT I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO.

THERE'S NO AMOUNT OF MONEY
THAT WE CAN WIN FOR YOU

THAT'S GONNA MAKE UP
FOR WHAT HAPPENED.

THAT'S NOT
WHY YOU'RE HERE ANYWAY.

YOU WANT... JUSTICE, RIGHT?

WELL, THAT'S THE PROMISE
I'M GONNA MAKE TO YOU.

I WON'T STOP
UNTIL YOU GET IT.

OKAY?

I WAS JUST CALLING YOU.

CELEBRATION DINNER TONIGHT--
YOU, ME AND TURK.

YOU'RE PAYING.

NO, I'M NOT, 'CAUSE THERE'S
NOTHING TO CELEBRATE.

SWEREN JUST DELIVERED
AN UPDATED WITNESS LIST.

FIRST ADDITION--CARLY TURK.

THAT'S OKAY. WE ROLL WITH IT.
SHE CAN'T HURT US.

YOU'RE RIGHT.
SHE CAN KILL US.

SHE'S THE MURDERER'S WIFE,
MATT.

THINK SHE DOESN'T HAVE
SOMETHING TO SAY?

LISTEN TO YOU--CALLING
YOUR OWN CLIENT A MURDERER?

YOU ACTUALLY BELIEVE HE KILLED
THIS GUY ON PURPOSE?
WHEN ARE YOU GONNA
UNDERSTAND THIS?

IT DOESN'T MATTER
WHAT I BELIEVE.
THEY'RE NOT GONNA
CONVICT JAYSON TURK.

YOU... YOU EVER EVEN
WATCH A BASEBALL GAME, KEITH?

THIS GUY'S THE GREATEST
CATCHER SINCE JOHNNY BENCH.

HE--
HE'S A NATIONAL TREASURE.
OPEN YOUR EYES
AND BE A LAWYER FOR A MINUTE.

THE D.A. BELIEVES THEY HAVE
THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY HERE.

THEY'RE PROSECUTING
AN OVERPAID CELEBRITY.

THEY GOT 100,000 WITNESSES
TO THE CRIME,

AND NOW THEY GOT HIS OWN WIFE
TESTIFYING AGAINST HIM.

IT IS TIME FOR US
TO EARN OUR KEEP

AND COME UP WITH A STRATEGY
BEYOND "HE DIDN'T DO IT."
EVEN IF HE DIDN'T?

ASK YOURSELF THIS...

YOU WANT TO BE HIS FRIEND,

OR YOU WANT TO KEEP HIM
OUT OF JAIL?

I'M GLAD YOU CALLED.

REALLY?

AH. LOVE SURPRISES.

AT $3,000 A TICKET,
YOU BETTER.

$3,000?!

IS JIMI HENDRIX PLAYING?

IT'S FOR CHARITY.

DON'T WORRY. MY CAREER
TOOK A NICE UPTURN TODAY.

I THINK I'LL BE ABLE
TO AFFORD IT.
WHAT KIND OF UPTURN?

I GOT SOLINSKY.

YOU...

ARE YOU UPSET?

NO, I COULD NOT BE HAPPIER.

YOU SEEM DISAPPOINTED
THAT I'M NOT DISAPPOINTED.

JUST SURPRISED...
AND MAYBE A LITTLE CONFUSED.

I-I DON'T KNOW.
I WAS PREPARED FOR DISAPPOINTED

OR JEALOUS OR EVEN ANGRY,

BUT "COULDN'T BE HAPPIER"
THROWS ME A LITTLE.

WELL, I DON'T KNOW
WHY IT SHOULD.

I GUESS
IT WASN'T THAT LONG AGO

WHEN YOU
WOULD HAVE BEEN UPSET.

WELL...

I'M IN A DIFFERENT PLACE
IN MY LIFE NOW, I GUESS.

DIFFERENT PLACE FROM ME.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN--
GEORGE MICHAEL!

OH, NOT NOW. PLEASE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING.

WAIT.

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN

IT SEEMED TOO EASY

THIS IS INCREDIBLE!

I WAS FEELING

FULL CIRCLE.

BLUE

STRANGE

BABY

DON'T YOU THINK
I'M LOOKING OLDER?

BUT SOMETHING GOOD
HAS HAPPENED TO ME

CHANGE

IS A STRANGER

YOU HAVE YET TO KNOW

WELL, YOU'RE OUT OF TIME

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THOUGHT YOU MIGHT
ENJOY THE REAL THING.

YEAH, I THOUGHT I WAS NEVER
GONNA GET TO SEE GEORGE MICHAEL

WHEN HE WASN'T STANDING
ON MY COFFEE TABLE.

TURNED OUT TO BE KIND
OF APPROPRIATE, I GUESS.

GEORGE'S HOUSE CALL

MARKED THE BEGINNING
OF THE END FOR US, SO...

LISTEN, TAYLOR--

SO I WAS THINKING, MAYBE WE
SHOULD GIVE EACH OTHER

SOME BREATHING ROOM AT WORK...
STEER CLEAR, YOU KNOW,

JUST UNTIL
WE GET OUR BEARINGS.

I'M SORRY.
WHAT WERE YOU GONNA SAY?

SAME THING, YOU KNOW?

BREATHING,
STEER CLEAR, BEARINGS,

BUT JUST LESS CONCISELY

AND WITH NONE
OF THE RIGHT WORDS.

TRAVEL SAFE.
YOU, TOO.

WHOA!

NATE?

YOU'RE A KNIGHT.

NO, NO. IT--IT IS NIGHT.
00 IN THE MORNING.

YOU KNOW SOMETHING, NATE,
AND YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HELP ME.

I HAD ANOTHER VISION!
YOU MEAN
ANOTHER EPISODE.

OKAY.

SO I SUED YOUR HOSPITAL
'CAUSE I WAS GETTIN' FLYBYS

FROM A DRAGON.

AND NOW I'M GETTIN'
NEARLY TRAMPLED TO DEATH

BY A KNIGHT ON A HORSE.
NATE, THE KNIGHT WAS YOU.

AN HOUR AGO,
YOU WERE CHASING A DRAGON

DOWN FOSTER STREET
ON HORSEBACK.
AN HOUR AGO I WAS HERE ASLEEP,

AND MY HORSE HASN'T
BEEN RIDDEN ALL NIGHT.

CAN I PLEASE GO TO BED NOW?
MY CLIENT'S MOTHER WAS KILLED
BY DR. AGON'S MALPRACTICE.

DR. AGON. D-R--AGON.
DRAGON.

KNIGHTS SLAY DRAGONS, NATE.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW
DELUSIONAL YOU SOUND RIGHT NOW?

I MEAN, IT'S LIKE

WATCHING CHARLES MANSON
ON THE "WHEEL OF FORTUNE."
WHAT--HOW DID I KNOW

YOUR PATIENT
WAS GONNA DIE LAST MONTH,

OR--OR ABOUT THE SONG
THAT YOU AND DAD SANG

ON THE FISHING TRIP?
YOU BELIEVED ME!
I BELIEVED THAT THEY WERE
MASSIVE COINCIDENCES

THAT TOTALLY BLEW MY MIND.

YEAH, OH, AND I WAS
HAMMERED AT THE TIME,

SO IF YOU HAD TOLD ME
I HAD A THIRD ARM

GROWING OUT OF MY FOREHEAD,
I WOULD HAVE BELIEVED YOU

ON THAT, TOO.
YOU KNOW SOMETHING
ABOUT MY CASE! NOW WHAT IS IT?

YOU WERE
AT AGON'S M&M CONFERENCE.

YOU MEAN
THE CONFIDENTIAL PROCEEDING

THAT I'M NOT ALLOWED TO
TALK ABOUT EVEN IF I WAS THERE?

THAT M&M CONFERENCE?
I NEED TO KNOW WHAT WAS SAID
AT THAT MEETING.

YOU CAN TELL ME.
NO, I REALLY CAN'T. THAT'S WHAT
"PRIVILEGED" MEANS, ELI.

I WOULD THINK AS A LAWYER,
YOU'D KNOW THAT.
WERE YOU PART OF THE COVER-UP?

NO! GOD, NO.

AND, YEAH, I THOUGHT
THE GUY WAS INCOMPETENT.

ONE OF THE NURSES CALLED HIM
"A LAWSUIT IN SCRUBS."

BUT I HAD NO IDEA THAT THEY
HAD LIED ABOUT HIS RECORD.

ANYWAY, IT DOESN'T MATTER
WHAT I THINK.

THERE IS NO JUDGE
IN THE KNOWN UNIVERSE

WHO WILL ALLOW ME TO TESTIFY

ABOUT WHAT WAS SAID
IN THAT ROOM.
YOU'RE RIGHT... BUT YOU
JUST HELPED ME ANYWAY.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND
YOU'RE STILL UNDER OATH?

I DO.

MR. SNYDER, YOU TESTIFIED
THAT DR. AGON HAD RESIGNED

FROM YOUR HOSPITAL,
THAT YOU DIDN'T FIRE HIM?

YES, THAT IS RIGHT. IS THAT
CLEAR ENOUGH THIS TIME?

AND JUST BEFORE DR. AGON
RESIGNED, HE LOST A PATIENT--

A MAN NAMED ERIC SHELBY.

AND BY "LOST," I MEAN KILLED.
DR. AGON DIDN'T KILL ANYONE.

HE WAS CLEARED OF
ANY MALFEASANCE OR NEGLIGENCE.

AT YOUR HOSPITAL'S MORBIDITY
AND MORTALITY CONFERENCE, RIGHT?

SPECIFICALLY THE ONE HELD
AUGUST 11th, 2006?

OBJECTION. PERHAPS MS. DEKKER'S
FORGOTTEN WHAT'S SAID

IN THESE CONFERENCES
IS PRIVILEGED.
I HAVEN'T ASKED MR. SNYDER
WHAT WAS SAID AT THE CONFERENCE.

STAY ON THE RIGHT SIDE
OF THAT LINE, COUNSEL.

OBJECTION OVERRULED.
ARE NOTES TAKEN
AT THESE M&M CONFERENCES,

SPECIFICALLY
THE AUGUST 11th CONFERENCE?

YES, THERE WAS ALWAYS
A STENOGRAPHER PRESENT.

WE TAKE DETAILED NOTES,
BUT YOU MUST--

AND DON'T THOSE NOTES
REFLECT TESTIMONY

ESTABLISHING
SIGNIFICANT NEGLIGENCE

ON THE PART OF DR. AGON?

DID HIS NURSE DESCRIBE HIM
AS "A LAWSUIT IN SCRUBS"?
THOSE TRANSCRIPTS
ARE PRIVILEGED!

IS THAT A YES?
OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR!

IS THAT A YES, SIR?
COUNSEL HASN'T PRODUCED THESE
TRANSCRIPTS TO THE DEFENSE.

I HAVEN'T INTRODUCED
ANY TRANSCRIPTS... YET.
OBJECTION OVERRULED.
ANSWER THE QUESTION.

WAS THERE
SIGNIFICANT NEGLIGENCE?

YES.

AND ONE LAST THING--
IF DR. AGON HADN'T RESIGNED,

YOU WERE GOING TO FIRE HIM,
CORRECT?

YES.

THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING

HIS NEXT EMPLOYER
DESERVED TO KNOW....

DON'T YOU THINK?

$500,000, EXCHANGE OF RELEASES
AND A CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT.

$500,000?

THAT'S... INSULTING.

I'M INSULTED. I'M ADVISING
MY CLIENTS TO BE INSULTED.

THE MALPRACTICE
YOUR CLIENT'S SUING FOR

WASN'T COMMITTED
AT MY CLIENT'S HOSPITAL.
AFTER WHAT JUST HAPPENED,

I'M NOT SURE THE JURY CARES,
BUT MAYBE I'M WRONG.

$1.1. I DON'T HAVE BOARD
AUTHORIZATION TO GO ANY HIGHER.

TOO BAD, 'CAUSE YOU'RE
GONNA HAVE TO GO HIGHER.

$1.5 FIRM.
TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT.

I THINK WE'LL--
TAKE IT.

TAKE IT.

WE'LL TAKE IT.
NO!

IT'S NOT ENOUGH.
COULD WE HAVE THE ROOM,
PLEASE?

YOU PROMISED.
THIS ISN'T JUSTICE.

$1.5 MILLION IS
A LOT OF JUSTICE, PETER.

YOU WERE RIGHT.
MONEY WON'T BRING MY MOM BACK.

I WANT SOMEONE TO SAY
THAT WHAT THEY DID WAS WRONG.

I CAN'T PROMISE YOU THAT.
NO LAWYER CAN.

I DON'T KNOW
WHAT THE JURY'S GONNA DO.

I GUESS...

I NEED TO FIND OUT.

ALL RIGHT, PETER.

IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO DO,
THEN... WE'LL DO IT.

I AM SO SORRY, TOM.

NO, NO, NO.
IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN. I--

I PROM--HELLO?

PATTI?

PATTI!

I JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE
WITH TOM RAYVERT

FROM CHAYKIN TECHNOLOGIES--
A CALL, I MIGHT ADD,

I HAD TO PICK UP MYSELF--
AND HE WAS FURIOUS

THAT I HADN'T RETURNED
HIS FIVE PREVIOUS PHONE CALLS.

I'M SORRY. I CAN'T IMAGINE
WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED.

LOOK, I KNOW YOU THINK I'M
THE WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST,

BUT--
EAST. SHE WAS WORSE.
THEY DROPPED A HOUSE ON HER.

BUT I AM YOUR BOSS NOW, PATTI.
YOU ARE ON MY DESK,

WHICH MEANS YOU HAVE
A CHOICE TO MAKE.
I GET A CHOICE? REALLY?

WELL, IT'S BEEN NICE
WORKING WITH YOU.

NO, PATTI, YOU HAVE A CHOICE

BETWEEN WORKING
AT THIS FIRM OR NOT.

WHEN ELI WAS DEMOTED,
THEY WERE GONNA LET YOU GO.

I INTERVENED. ELI LOVES YOU,

AND SO I WANTED TO PROTECT YOU
BECAUSE OF THAT.

SO HERE'S THE THING--
THIS IS ENTIRELY IN YOUR HANDS.

YOU DECIDE HOW YOU
WANT THIS TO PLAY OUT.

BECAUSE AFTER THIS LAST WEEK,
I GOTTA BE HONEST WITH YOU--

EITHER WAY IS FINE WITH ME.

HAS THE JURY
REACHED A VERDICT?

WE HAVE. IN THE MATTER

OF PETER JOHNSON
AND CYPRESS MEMORIAL

vs. SAINT VINCENT'S HOSPITAL,

WE FIND IN FAVOR
OF THE PLAINTIFFS

AND AWARD COMPENSATORY DAMAGES
IN THE AMOUNT OF $28,000.

BECAUSE OF
THE INSTITUTIONALIZED FRAUD

ON THE PART OF ST. VINCENT'S,
WE FURTHER AWARD

PUNITIVE DAMAGES
IN THE AMOUNT OF $8 MILLION.

WALKIN' DOWN THE STREET

IT'S THE BEST

WHEN YOU'RE WALKIN',
ALL YOU FEEL IS HAPPINESS...

WOW. JUST... WOW.

$8 MILLION IS... WOW.

REMEMBER, YOU HAVE TO SPLIT
THAT WITH CYPRESS MEMORIAL.

MISS BREHE SAID SHE WAS GONNA
NAME A WING AFTER MY MOM.

THAT'S COOL, RIGHT?

SEVEN LAWYERS LATER,
GLAD YOU HUNG IN THERE.

YOUR MOM WOULD BE
PROUD OF YOU.

ALL I KNOW IS THAT THE WORLD
COULD USE A LITTLE SMILE

CONGRATULATIONS,
COUNSELOR.

OH!

IT WOULDN'T BE TOO HARD
FOR YOU TO GUESS

HOW I FEEL

ALL AROUND I SEE RAININ'

I HAVE TO GO KILL MYSELF.
GOOD-BYE.

MAGGIE, IT'S ONLY WEIRD
IF WE--

IF THIS IS HOW SHE REACTS
WHEN SHE WINS A CASE,

I DO NOT WANT TO BE HERE
WHEN SHE LOSES.

NO, IT'S NOT ABOUT THE CASE.
SHE'S JUST...

YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW.

EVEN IF I DID,

MY BOSS WOULDN'T APPROVE
OF ME WASTING MY TIME.

SPEAKING OF WHICH,
HAVE YOU SEEN MS. WETHERSBY?

"MS. WETHERSBY"?

YES. JORDAN WANTS TO
SEE HER IN HIS OFFICE--

APPARENTLY, YOU, TOO.

THE DAY STARTED OFF
SO WELL.

LIFE IS FULL
OF DISAPPOINTMENT, ELI.

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

YEAH. IT'S JUST...

IT'S... IT'S NO FUN ANYMORE.

WELL, I GUESS THAT'S WHY
THEY CALL IT "WORK."

NEVER USED TO FEEL LIKE IT.

PATTI--

TAYLOR WETHERSBY'S OFFICE.
NO, SHE ISN'T.

MAY I TAKE A MESSAGE?

TEMPORARY INSANITY?

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

IT'S STILL
A "NOT GUILTY" PLEA.

YEAH, NOT GUILTY
'CAUSE I'M CRAZY.

WHAT HAPPENED TO NOT GUILTY
'CAUSE I'M NOT GUILTY?

YOUR WIFE HAPPENED.
I THOUGHT WIVES COULDN'T TESTIFY
AGAINST THEIR HUSBANDS.

WE TELL YOU YOUR WIFE'S
COOPERATING WITH THE D.A.,

AND THAT'S YOUR RESPONSE?
MAN, WHAT OTHER KIND OF RESPONSE
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?

UH, "SHE COULDN'T POSSIBLY
HAVE ANYTHING TO TELL THE D.A.

I NEVER THREATENED
THAT MAN."

SOMETHING LIKE THAT
WOULD BE NICE.
THE DUDE WAS SCREWING MY WIFE.
OF COURSE I THREATENED HIM.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN I KILLED HIM.
BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT LOOKS,
JAYSON.

I DON'T CARE HOW IT LOOKS.
LOOK, WE'RE NOT
YOUR ENTOURAGE, OKAY?

YOU PAY US TO TELL YOU
WHAT YOU NEED TO HEAR,

NOT WHAT YOU WANT TO.
THIS WILL WORK. THE LAW
SAYS YOU'RE NOT GUILTY

IF YOU WEREN'T
IN YOUR RIGHT MIND.

STEROIDS TEND
TO HAVE THAT EFFECT.

I TOLD YOU,
I DON'T DO THAT CRAP.

BOTTOM LINE--YOU ADMIT
TO THE STEROID USE,

WE CAN PROTECT YOU
ON THE MURDER CHARGE.

YOU AGREE WITH HIM?

JAYSON, LISTEN TO ME, MAN.

THE DAY I PASSED THE BAR,

YOU--YOU HIT FOR THE CYCLE
AGAINST DETROIT.

THE DAY I JOINED THIS FIRM,

YOU--YOU CAUGHT
BALDERRAMA'S NO-HITTER.

I COULD CHART
MY ENTIRE ADULT LIFE

BY THE THINGS YOU DID IN YOURS,
AND I'M TELLIN' YOU...

I'M NOT SO SURE YOU WEREN'T
AIMIN' FOR YOUR COACH,

AND I'M YOUR BIGGEST FAN.

SO YOU TELL ME...

WHAT'S A JURY GONNA THINK?

IF I SAY I'M JUICIN',
THAT'S IT.

THEY'LL KICK ME
OUT OF THE LEAGUE...

MY SPONSORS...
HALL OF FAME...

WE'RE TALKIN'
ABOUT YOUR LIFE HERE.

BASEBALL IS MY LIFE.

I'LL THINK ABOUT IT.

YOU'RE NOT FOOLING ANYONE,
MR. STONE.

THOUGH MS. DEKKER
WAS THE ATTORNEY OF RECORD,

COURTHOUSE INSIDERS HAVE
ALREADY BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE OUT

WHO TRULY DESERVES THE CREDIT
FOR THIS AFTERNOON'S VICTORY

IN THE ST. VINCENT'S CASE.
I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING SPECIAL--

THIS CHANGES NOTHING
BETWEEN US.

I MENTION THE COURTHOUSE GOSSIP
ONLY BECAUSE IT REACHED

THE EARS OF ARVIN SOLINSKY.
OUR HIGH-PROFILE CLIENT

FEELS HE NEEDS
A HIGH-PROFILE ATTORNEY,

AND LIKE IT OR NOT,
ELI'S PROFILE KEEPS--

KEEPS GETTING HIGHER.
SOLINSKY DOESN'T NEED ME.
TAYLOR'S A FAR BETTER CHOICE.

BELIEVE ME, I MADE THAT CASE,
BUT HE WANTS YOU.

AND REGARDLESS OF WHAT HE WANTS,
IT WOULD BE MALPRACTICE

TO ENTRUST THE CASE
SOLELY TO YOU.

TAYLOR, YOU'LL STAY ON
AS CO-COUNSEL.

WHAT?
WHAT?

I RECOGNIZE THAT THE TIMING
IS NOT IDEAL, BUT--

SIR, YOU HAVE TO TELL SOLINSKY
THAT I'M UNAVAILABLE.

TELL HIM ANYTHING.
TELL HIM I GOT HIT BY A BUS.
EVEN IF I GOT TO DRIVE IT,
I COULDN'T DO THAT.

THE FIRM CAN'T AFFORD
TO LOSE SOLINSKY.

BUT--
MAKE NO MISTAKE.
BY THE END OF THIS MEETING,

YOU WILL BE
ON THE SOLINSKY CASE.

SO LET'S JUMP TO THE END
OF THIS MEETING.

WHAT IS IT
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR HERE--

SOME OF YOUR PRIVILEGES BACK?
YOUR EXPENSE ACCOUNT?

YOUR COMPANY CAR?
YOUR OLD OFFICE?
I DON'T WANT MY OFFICE BACK.

YOU HAVE
THE RIGHT PERSON IN THERE.

ALL I WANT IS FOUR WALLS
AND A DOOR... NO MORE CUBICLES.
DONE.

AND ONE MORE THING.

ELI STONE'S OFFICE,
PLEASE HOLD.

HI.
HELLO, SWEETIE.

I'M HERE
TO SEE MR. STONE.

OH, RIGHT THIS WAY.

MR. JOHNSON'S HERE.

HEY!

NICE OFFICE.
IT'S... UNORTHODOX.

EH, KIND OF GOES
WITH MY PRACTICE.

IS EVERYTHING OKAY?

THE SCHOOL CAFETERIA TOOK
FRENCH FRIES OFF THE MENU,

SO I'M THINKING
ABOUT SUING.

MY GRANDMA TOLD ME I NEED
TO BRING YOU A THANK YOU GIFT,

AND THE CHECK
HASN'T CLEARED YET.

SO I THOUGHT MAYBE
I'D GIVE YOU SOMETHING ELSE.

MY MOM USED TO READ THIS
TO ME ALL THE TIME

WHEN I WAS LITTLE.

I KNOW IT'S WEIRD

GIVING YOU A BOOK, BUT...

IT MEANS A LOT TO ME.

PETER, THIS IS
THE BIGGEST FEE I EVER GOT.

WAIT UNTIL
THE $2 MILLION CHECK CLEARS.

ANYWAY...

THANKS AGAIN, MR. STONE.

BYE.