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- I came to see what you think

about me coming with you to Chicago.

- There's a school in upstate New York.

Ten years ago Discharge Power started making batteries,

and those kids started getting lead poisoning.

And they say it's not from the plant, but it is.

- This is a list of children pulled from the school

within the first six months of the plant opening.

The parents are all executives at Discharge Power.

- 100,000 a family.

- It's a lawsuit on behalf of your former partners

for damages incurred by the criminal actions of this firm.

Give these guys their jobs back,

this whole thing goes away.

- I got a job offer today. It's in Seattle.

- What if I told you I'd consider it?

- You told me they were gonna offer me a job.

You gave me a reason to take it,

and then when I didn't jump on it,

you put people that I care about out of work.

- Holy shit, Gordon doesn't want to take over.

He just wants to orchestrate a deal where his guys come back,

they vote to merge with Zane, and we cease to exist.

- I just found out that my two partners

are willing to stab me in the back.

- I'm sorry I had to be the one to break it to you, Robert,

but you better get your house in order,

because now I have to protect mine.

- I went out there to make a difference,

so I decided to go toe-to-toe

with the mayor's office on a police brutality case.

Two weeks after you put out that statement,

they came after my license.

- What exactly do you want me to do about it?

- I want you to stand next to me on the last case I'll ever have.

- You can have your pick of the top guys out there.

- I don't need the top guy.

I need the best partner I've ever had.

- Robert.

- Oh, you have got to be shitting me.

This is the worst possible time for you to be around here.

- I don't care. I need your help with Gordon.

- What the hell do you need help for?

All you have to do to get out of this mess

is not bring those partners back

and just fight this thing on its merits.

- Yeah, if we fight this thing on its own merits and lose,

we won't have a firm anymore. - Well, that's not my problem.

And even if it was, what am I supposed to do about it?

- You tell those partners that you're not gonna waive

their non-competes, and if they don't drop the case

you'll fire them. - And if I did that,

they'd fire me. - Bullshit.

You have bylaws to protect you. - No, listen to me, God damn it.

I'm gonna tell you the same thing I told Harvey.

I'm in this shitstorm

because of my chummy relationship with your firm.

I do that, bylaws or no,

I'm out on my ass. - Robert, please.

We are talking about your daughter's home.

- Don't you dare use my daughter as a bargaining chip.

She's a grown-ass woman. She can take care of herself.

So, like Harvey said, you take care of your house

because I'm gonna take care of mine.

What the hell?

- Hey, buddy, you just walked into me.

- Are you kidding me? You just walked through me

at 60 miles an hour.

- Well, then I would keep my head up if I were you.

You're not in Kansas anymore.

- What'd you say to me? - I said this is Chicago.

And you're not in Kansas anymore.

- Well, it might as well be Kansas to me,

because I'm from New York.

Now get the hell out of my face.

- Oh, I know where you're from, Mr. Specter.

And if you think you're gonna stop Pat McGann

from doing what he does, you might as well turn around,

check your little man purse,

and go back to wherever the hell you came from.

- Where are you going, young lady?

- To school. - Not like that, you're not.

Your uniform's supposed to be buttoned up all the way.

- I told you kids make fun of me.

- And I told you that's exactly why you do it.

You're at war,

and you don't let the world see your weak spots.

- And who exactly am I at war with?

- With the world. 'Cause if it was up to them,

you'd be living in poverty your entire life like...

- Like who, Dad?

And what does it have to do with how I dress?

- It has everything to do with it.

Because if they see one imperfection,

they're going to pull on that string.

And the next thing you know, you're going to be laid bare.

- Dad, I'm just a girl.

- And if you think like that, Jessica Pearson,

that's all you'll ever be.

- You getting ready for the hearing this morning?

- You know I am.

- Let me handle this for you, Jessica.

- I told you, I want Harvey on this.

- You did tell me that,

but I'm still a little hazy as to why.

- For one thing, you're a partner in a law firm.

- And so is Harvey. - In New York, not Chicago.

Which means anything I ask him to do won't backfire onto you.

- Jessica, I'm not worried about me.

- Jeff, we've talked about this.

I can handle myself.

- And I'm sure that's exactly what

the original plaintiff thought right before he turned up dead.

- Come on.

Do you know how many people have been shot

in that neighborhood over the past ten years?

One has nothing to do with the other.

- All I'm saying is that you've been through something.

And apart from the loss of a child,

it's--it's the biggest thing that you could ever go through.

- And I love that you're looking out for me.

But that thing is exactly why I'm taking on this fight.

- I know.

And I just wanna make sure that when you march into battle,

you've got your eyes open.

- Jeff, I'm taking on the city of Chicago.

Believe me,

my eyes are wide goddamn open.

- Ladies and gentlemen, I appreciate you coming today.

I know your time is valuable, so I'll just cut to the chase.

School.

It's where our kids are taught and nurtured.

And it's supposed to be their safest place.

But for the families of Treetop Elementary,

Discharge Power took that safety away

when they built a battery plant

1,000 yards away from their playground.

Now, they're gonna say they took the proper precautions.

They didn't.

And now hundreds of innocent children are suffering

the devastating effects of lead poisoning,

and they will never be the same.

One of the first things we all learned in school

was to treat others as we would be treated ourselves.

But, ladies and gentlemen of the jury,

you and I together are going to teach Discharge Power

the lesson they should have learned

when they were five years old.

- How'd it go with Zane? - I'll tell you how it went.

I got a big fat bowl of, "You're on your own."

- You told him how serious this was?

- Yes, and he already knew.

- What about appealing to the father in him?

- I'm not an idiot, Donna. I tried that.

And the second I did, he bit my head off.

- Okay, well, we have to think of something.

- I know that, and right now, the only thing

I can think of is letting the partners come back,

because I cannot find a way to prove

that they weren't harmed by what we did.

- I might have a way.

- No time for guessing games, Alex.

What do you got? - Think about it.

What is Gordon offering these guys if they come back?

- They vote us out and they merge with Zane,

which means he offering them better jobs and more money.

- And what if we got them all that somewhere else?

We'd not only get rid of them; we'd proved they weren't harmed

by you, Harvey, or anyone else.

- Well, that's a great idea, Alex, but where the hell

are we gonna find someone to give 25 partners

raises and promotions at some other major law firm?

- I'll tell them where we're gonna find them, Louis.

Where I left them.

Right inside your motherfu--ing Dictaphone.

- You look determined. - I am.

You double-check that power of attorney I sent you?

- I did. - And how about

your application to practice in Illinois?

It needs to be airtight.

- I'm good to practice here for a month.

I had Donna file it herself. - Good.

- Jessica...

what have we gotten ourselves into here?

- What do you mean?

- I mean someone was waiting for me at the airport,

and it wasn't a town car.

- Harvey, I told you.

These people here are no joke.

They're trying to run me out of town.

- Well, they're not too happy about me being here, either.

- Then let's get in there and get this damn thing done.

- Hey, I was looking for you earlier.

How'd it go?

- Far as the opening statements went, it was good.

But then the judge got pulled away,

which means we lost momentum, and then on top of that,

I just found out that the soil samples

that we were supposed to have last night got delayed.

- You don't think Discharge Power

had anything to do with it, do you?

- I didn't until you just said that.

- I'm just saying, look at what they already did.

They offered you a fake job, and then the same guy

had your donor shut down the whole clinic.

I mean, Mike, if they're willing to do that--

- Shit.

If we don't get those samples, we are in trouble.

- Maybe we don't need them.

If we can prove they did all that,

it's obstruction.

- We prove that, we don't need any soil samples.

- What can I do?

- You work on finding out the connection

between Andy Forsyth and the donors.

I'm gonna figure out what to do if those samples do show up.

- Your Honor, Harvey Specter.

I'm representing the residents

of the North Park Housing Project.

- Great. All we need is Ms. Allen,

and we can actually accomplish something.

- Sorry I'm late, Your Honor.

I had to put my contacts in to make sure I was actually

seeing Jessica Pearson in your chambers.

- And why wouldn't I be here? - Because this is

a lawyers-only meeting, and you're not licensed

to practice law in this state. - And the last time I checked,

I don't need a license to be the plaintiff.

- No, but you do need to live in public housing,

which generally requires not wearing $3,000 shoes.

- Power of attorney signed by Lillian Cook

to Jessica Pearson, Your Honor.

She's a plaintiff under the law.

- Your Honor, I don't care what that thing says.

This project's been in the works for three years,

and they are just stepping in at the last minute

to get publicity.

- We're stepping in because the wrecking ball is about to fly,

and you are not living up to your end of the bargain.

- If you're referring to the percentage

of low-income housing,

some minor adjustments were made.

- Minor? You stood in front of city council

and gave your word that 35% of this development

would be reserved for public housing.

The latest plans show only 5% are going there,

and to hell with everyone else. - Where did you get that?

That is not part of the public record.

- Well, neither is the fact that a shady developer

is ripping off the poor to line his own pockets,

and you're helping him. - Don't you say that to me.

I don't represent Pat McGann.

I represent the city I've lived in my whole life.

And all you care about is making a name for yourself

by using some poor woman. - I'm not using anyone.

And you can-- - Okay, that's enough.

Ms. Pearson, if I deem you to be

manipulating this Lillian Cook for your own purposes,

I will shut this thing down myself.

- Your Honor, how can my client prove to you

what's in her heart?

- I don't care what's in her heart.

I want to hear from this woman,

and I want to hear from her tomorrow.

- Eli, I'm glad I caught you. You got a minute?

- Actually, Alex, I've got a lunch, so--

- That wasn't a question. It was a statement.

- Let me guess. This is about that lawsuit

Stanley Gordon filed on behalf of your ex-partners.

Well, you can just turn yourself right around,

because my heart isn't exactly bleeding for you.

- I don't give a shit what your heart is doing, Eli.

'Cause I'm not here for your sympathy.

I'm here 'cause you're gonna give every one of those

bastards a job. - You son of a bitch.

- Don't give me that.

Your partner set me up for murder,

and you didn't bat an eye.

- So I make offers to more than 15 of those guys.

They won't take those jobs anyway because we don't have

that kind of money, and everybody knows it.

So it's either 15 or put me away.

'Cause that's the best you're gonna get.

- 15.

Raises and promotions for every goddamn one of them.

- You know, the architecture here is stunning.

If I worked here, I'd be in a much better mood

than you seem to be.

- I have nothing to say to you outside of court.

- I'm trying to avoid court altogether.

- What do you want, Ms. Pearson?

- I want a sit-down with the mayor.

Well, that's not gonna happen.

- You're his right hand. You can walk right into

his office and make it happen. - I'm not his right hand.

I'm the City Attorney, and I don't have time

to arrange courtesy meetings for people who go after

our civil servants. - Look, I know there's

bad blood with the 13th precinct situation.

I'm just looking for some sort of accommodation.

- And what makes you think I have the power to do that?

All I do is represent the city's interest

without passion or prejudice.

- And which one was it without when you came for my license?

- I have no idea what you're talking about.

- And what about the mayor? Does he know?

Or is that why you don't want me talking to him?

Because if I did, I'd tell him he's up

for reelection in six months,

and this project doesn't look good for him.

- Whatever it is you think you know--

if there's any understanding to be had on this project,

you're gonna have to come to it with Pat McGann.

Not me, and not the mayor.

And let me give you a free piece of advice.

This is Chicago. If you wanna get something done,

you're gonna need more than your Louboutins

and your holier-than-thou attitude.

- 11, okay?

And don't let them skimp on any of the materials--

- Patrick McGann?

- Give us a minute, will you?

You must be Jessica Pearson. - You know who I am.

- Well, I've never seen your picture,

but there aren't a lot of women that match your description.

Now, what can I do for you, Jessica?

- You can hire me to find another location

for your project that doesn't throw people

out of their homes.

- As much as I'd like to spend time getting to know you,

there's no way you and I working together

is in our future.

- And what if I told you you'd regret making that decision?

- Well, I'd say that you can stop trying to get to the mayor

because he's not taking a meeting with you.

And you can take that to the bank.

Because I'm the one that makes the decisions here.

- Is that really something you want to be saying to me?

- You think he doesn't know how it works?

- I think it's not legal to trade money for influence.

And you should be careful who you say that to.

- Every nickel I've ever given Bobby Novak

is aboveboard.

So why don't you just go put that woman

on the stand tomorrow and be done with it?

Because I guarantee you, when this is over,

my building's going up.

- Lillian Cook?

- Could be. Who are you?

- My name is Harvey Specter.

I'm here to prepare you for court.

- What do you mean, court?

- I mean if you want to stay in your home,

you're gonna have to testify. And it's gonna be tomorrow.

- No. Uh-uh.

Jessica Pearson's handling that.

- She sent me here to help.

- Well, you tell her I don't need help from someone

who doesn't know me and, from the looks of him,

thinks this whole place is a piece of garbage.

- What I think is you lived here most of your life,

and now you're gonna get kicked into the street

because they didn't live up to their end of the bargain.

- You a coffee man, or are you one of them

chai latte drinking pretty boys?

- Both.

I'm a coffee man through and through,

but there's no denying I'm pretty.

- Not as pretty as a young Denzel, but you'll do.

- Where's Harvey?

- Oh, you don't need to worry about where Harvey is, Stanley.

I'm handling this negotiation. - Oh, I get it.

He didn't have the balls to face me,

so he dumped it on you. - He didn't dump anything.

I wanted to be here. - Well, Sparky,

unless you also wanna be in court,

you better have those job offers for my clients.

- Your clients want jobs? Here they are.

- You're telling me Eli Gould wants to hire them?

- Yes, he does, because your clients are not damaged goods.

They are hot commodities. And these offers are the proof.

- Spare me the bullshit. - You don't like bullshit?

Then why don't you admit the second we hire those partners,

they vote us out,

sell the firm to Rand Kaldor Zane,

and you make a seven-figure finder's fee?

- You're right. That's the plan.

I gotta admit, I didn't think you'd figure it out.

- And you can take that plan and shove it up your asshole,

because there's not gonna be any settlement.

- Then you've got a problem.

Because you may have found something on Eli.

But turns out...

I got more.

- Bullshit, you're bluffing. - Pick up the phone.

Ask Eli if those offers are still valid.

They're not. And not only that,

we go to trial, he writes me an affidavit saying

you extorted him to employ those partners

after he told you there's no way

he'd ever hire a single lawyer that came from your firm.

- What do you want? - You know what I want.

But I'll tell you what. Since Harvey's not here,

you take my offer right now,

I might even leave your name up on the new firm.

- Get out of my sight, you smug piece of shit.

- It's your funeral.

See you in court, Sparky.

- Hey, what's going on? I got your message.

- We just blew a small fortune on jack shit.

- Don't tell me the soil reports still didn't come in.

- Worse. Those samples came back.

And they're all negative. - Negative?

No, there's no way. - It's right here, Mike.

- Then they must not have tested deep enough to--

- They took samples down to 10 feet.

There isn't enough lead in there to fill a pencil.

- Oh, my God. I don't believe this.

They fixed the results. - They did,

but not how you think.

Six months ago, the school got

an anonymous donation to redo its grounds.

They called it a beautification project.

- And let me guess. They beautified

every inch of soil down to 10 feet.

- Yeah, and I didn't think anything of it at the time

because the plans just said it was adding new trees.

- Oh, God. Those fu--ers.

They knew this was coming.

And then they got rid of the evidence.

- Mike. - Rachel, please tell me

you found something. - I did, but it's not good.

- What now? - I did some checking.

Mike, Andy Forsyth's been in Seattle for the past year

opening his own firm.

The job was real.