The Rainmaker (2025) s01e01 Episode Script
Another Rainy Day
1
[dramatic music]
♪
[coughing]
♪
[fire roaring]
Mama!
[grunts]
Mama!
Mom!
I can't get to you!
Mama, wake up!
I'm gonna get help.
I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.
♪
[rock music]
♪
[light upbeat music]
I couldn't afford a lawyer,
so I went ahead and wrote it myself.
I don't know if the legal
stuff is right, but
That's OK. That's what today is about.
Miss Birdie, we could
transfer your assets
into a trust,
control how and when
Randolph gets the money.
A trust could be made safe from division
in the event of divorce
or Randolph's death.
No, Rudy.
I want everything to go
to Reverend Kenneth Chandler.
Do you know him?
He's on the TV. [chuckles]
I told him that I was going to give him
the entire 20 million.
Did you say 20 million?
Miss Birdie, Rudy will
write up your new will
and have it back to you in a week or so.
Well, slap my mama, that's great news.
[laughs] I thank you, Rudy.
I doubt it would be
a summary judgment so soon,
but it says here that your son
has a history with drugs,
that he died of the flu, which
was exacerbated by opioids.
They're lying.
Did you know she has $20 million?
Oh, is it 20 this time?
She's bankrupt.
We humor her every year,
let her vent a little, and move on.
[sighs]
♪
That is a lie.
Are you listening to a word I'm saying?
My Donny Ray was a year straight.
Hey, you need a hand?
Hi.
This is Rudy Baylor.
He's the best in our class.
Mrs. Black's son was admitted
to North City General
with the flu.
And sadly, he passed.
They killed him.
Who killed him?
That hospital, North City.
I filed a lawsuit.
Pro se?
You filed it yourself.
Who the hell else was gonna do it?
The hospital is repped by Tinley Britt.
Yeah, them bastards.
Tried to what they call it
get it dismissed.
But a judge put a hold on that
till I got a lawyer.
Then them sons of bitches offered me
$50,000 for my son's life.
Believe that?
They offered a settlement
with the pending motion to dismiss.
Yeah, and I told them
where they could stick it.
[sighs]
Mrs. Black, look,
this is just a legal clinic,
advice on landlord disputes
and parking tickets.
This is a pretty complicated
negligence suit.
You need a real lawyer.
- Ain't that what you are?
- Not yet.
And the other problem is Tinley Britt.
Rudy and I both start working
at the firm tomorrow.
So even if we could help you,
there would be a conflict of interest.
Well, good luck working for Satan.
While you two are
shitting in high cotton,
I'll be making these bastards
pay for what they did.
We're very sorry for your loss, ma'am.
[Reyna Roberts' "Raised Right"]
Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh ♪
♪
I'm a little bit
of whiskey in my sweet tea ♪
I'm a little bit of city
in my country ♪
A little "hell yeah"
in my "hallelujah" ♪
It's have you got money,
or is she paying?
Good. How many for you? Two?
I know I ain't always ladylike ♪
But I know how to turn up
on a Saturday night ♪
'Cause I was baptized
in the neon light ♪
Miss, that's yours.
Hey, three shots of bourbon.
- Three, yeah?
- Rudy, I need some cash.
I thought I told you
not to take Jacksonville
against our boys.
You're four deep at the bar, man.
Get busy.
Prince, you know, starting tomorrow,
this man is gonna be making 175K a year.
Yeah, well, tonight
he's still a bartender.
[laughs]
You cool slumming it with
a bartender one more night?
I like when you talk dirty.
Hey, are those my shots?
No, brother, these are ours.
[Cody Bryan Band's "Good at Being Bad"]
She's kissing up my neck,
and, oh, it's driving me mad ♪
Well, she's good ♪
She's good at being bad ♪
[Down Like Silver's "Broken Coastline"]
♪
[phone buzzing]
I've been trying ♪
To make this all mine ♪
Pushing faster ♪
Before the light is gone ♪
For a while now ♪
Day's been breaking colder ♪
There's a wild wind ♪
Driving me on ♪
♪
All this time has ♪
Mom?
Only made me older ♪
Pushing faster
before the fire's gone ♪
Mom?
Would you know me ♪
If I walked through your doorway ♪
Would you hold me ♪
Mom, I got to go to work!
Like you've done before ♪
♪
Will there be a place for me ♪
♪
If I can't drive anymore ♪
♪
Mom, you all right?
He wanted to quit law school.
Did you know that?
Your father, God rest his soul.
Talked to him for hours.
Dad told him he's not quitting.
They could throw him to the curb,
followed by every last stick,
but he wasn't about to let him quit.
Yeah, John would have been
a great lawyer.
So will you.
Well, I'm wearing his suit.
Looks good.
Mom, what's wrong?
It's nothing.
He's right.
It's time to move on.
What are we talking about?
What who's right?
Hank.
He wants to build a gym in here.
In here?
In John's room?
Can you even see what this guy is?
This is your house.
Oh, Rudy!
Rudy, don't.
[engine turning over]
I want you out, Hank.
Funny, I was gonna say
the same thing to you.
You think I'm just gonna let you
keep leeching off my mother?
What are you gonna do about it, huh?
[both grunting]
Stop! Stop it!
Hank, stop!
Stop it, both of you!
[tires squealing]
You had no right to do that.
You said it. This is my house, my life.
Honey, I need you to move out.
[somber music]
It's OK. It's OK. I'm I know, OK?
I'm already looking.
♪
I'm so late, Mom. I got to go.
Rudy, your suit.
Do you want to change?
[sighs]
It's the only one I have.
♪
You're very lucky.
Today's orientation
for first-year associates
will be given by Tinley Britt's
managing partner, Leo Drummond.
Take a seat anywhere.
Sorry. Someone's sitting here.
Yeah, it's no problem.
"I am the punishment of God.
"If you had not committed great sins,
God would not have set
a punishment like me upon you."
Genghis Khan, warrior.
Would have made a great litigator.
Who can tell me what a trial,
any trial, is about?
- Yeah.
- Finding the truth.
That's a law school answer.
The truth is not your client.
What determines victory
in court is not the truth.
It's not even what you can prove.
It is what you can convince
a jury that you have proven.
[whispering] What happened?
All men are equal under the law.
Who believes that?
- Are you OK?
- You.
You believe that?
You're bold enough to come late
to your first meeting,
and not exactly dressed for success.
I apologize for the
So have the balls
to answer the question.
No, I don't believe that everyone
is treated equally under the law.
14th Amendment guarantees
equality under the law.
But you disagree?
- I guess I do.
- What are you doing?
OK. Who isn't treated equally, Mr
Baylor, sir.
Rudy Baylor.
Who isn't treated equally?
Well, you want to be an attorney
at Tinley, Britt, Crawford,
Mize, and St. John,
you make an argument when I tell you to.
- Victims of domestic violence.
- Excuse me?
I said victims of domestic violence.
Argue it. Prove to me,
right here and now,
that victims of domestic violence
cannot get a fair hearing.
Don't.
[dramatic music]
I'll take your silence as stipulation.
Stipulation is surrender.
We do not surrender at this firm.
Castle Rock v. Gonzales.
Uh-huh?
Supreme Court ruled
that a woman can't sue the cops
for failing to arrest her husband
after he violated a restraining order,
and he later murdered
their three children, so
Is that all you got?
U.S. v. Morrison.
Congress tried to give victims of abuse
the right to sue their abusers,
but the Supreme Court
declared it unconstitutional.
Why are you whispering?
I can't hear it.
Counterman v. Colorado.
The court threw out
a stalking conviction
on First Amendment grounds.
Is he putting you to sleep?
'Cause he's putting me to sleep.
You want to hear state court cases
of women who went to prison
for killing husbands
- who nearly killed them?
- Really?
Abusive husbands who got
custody of the children,
women fired lawfully in a court of law
for being late to work
because they were busy
getting beaten up by their husbands.
Oh, my God.
Courts reject 57% of
allegations of partner abuse.
28% of mothers alleging
an abusive father
lose custody to that father,
and that number,
that rises to 50% when he accuses her
of parental alienation.
Not 58%.
50%.
Whatever.
You, you look like you have an opinion.
Stand up, Miss
Plankmore, Sarah.
Opinion, Miss Plankmore.
[sighs]
I would say misleading on Morrison,
overstated on Counterman,
and parental alienation
was soundly rejected
in Montoya v. Davis.
Very good.
And never bore the jury with statistics.
When statistics are on your side,
pound the jury with them.
Who the hell told you that?
You did.
In a speech you gave at
Ashley Cooper three years ago.
Really?
Well, then it must be true.
[laughter]
♪
[clears throat]
[sighs]
Hey. Fired?
What were you thinking?
Arguing with Leo Drummond
on your first day.
OK, I'm sorry. I screwed up.
But he baited me,
and everything I said was true.
Well, Leo said
the truth is not your client.
You missed that part.
Thanks, Sarah.
Are you gonna tell me
what happened to your face?
Hank.
God, Rudy.
You know how my father
says the flip side
of everyone's best quality
is their worst quality?
What's my best quality?
You never back away from a fight.
My worst quality?
You never back away from a fight.
[dramatic music]
[sighs] OK, let me talk to Leo.
Look, we've worked
way too hard for this.
We can fix it.
We aren't doing anything.
This is my fault.
I'm not letting you go down for it, OK?
[sighs] Look, I, um
- I have to get to that training.
- I know.
I'm sorry.
You know what happens
around here when you're late.
♪
[sighs]
♪
Just turned out Tinley Britt
wasn't the right fit for me.
Hello?
[sighs]
Look, I appreciated the offer.
I should have accepted at the time.
I was yes, ma'am.
I understand, ma'am.
If you could please pass
Rudy Baylor.
Hi. Good morning.
I understand.
I have always wanted to work
as a public defender.
Can I just ask, when
when will that new budget be?
Next year?
OK.
Thank you for your time.
Hey, there he is.
Big-time lawyer Rudy Baylor.
Hey, man. You here for your last check?
Or you just can't stay away
from old Prince?
I think I need my job back.
Look, man, I can't help you
with Leo Drummond,
but I might be able to do something
about this Hank fella.
You know, I got a couple
of guys, send them around
- Prince, come on. No.
- Beat his ass a little bit.
Prince, don't. No.
OK?
No, thank you.
All right, man.
Suit yourself.
You know, come to think of it,
I do know a law firm looking to hire.
I just called
every reputable firm in town.
OK? Nobody's hiring.
How about a not-so-reputable one?
[country rock music]
Daisy Duke queen
with her mama's curves ♪
Dirty red boots
with a Georgia swerve ♪
Knocking them back like she's 21 ♪
Turning heads, the girl's having fun ♪
One shot, two shots ♪
Come on, man, this place
is pretty cool, right?
You know, it used to be a taco hut.
You don't say.
Bruiser is the best lawyer I know.
- Bruiser?
- [chuckles]
Do your thing, baby,
drop it real low ♪
Do your thing ♪
Hey, Voreen.
This is Rudy, guy I told Bruiser about.
- Hi.
- Hot-buttered lawyer.
- [laughs]
- They're waiting for you.
Thank you.
Do your thing, baby,
drop it real low ♪
Do your thing,
shake it out on the floor ♪
Are you serious?
Come on, kid.
Show me how it goes ♪
Hey, hey, hey.
This this must be the kid, huh?
Rudy Baylor. Hi.
Yeah, well, I'd shake your hand, but
You must be Bruiser.
[laughter]
He wishes.
You're Bruiser?
Jocelyn Stone, Bruiser to my friends.
- Have a seat, man.
- I see you met Deck Shifflet.
- How you doing?
- Our para lawyer.
Did you say power lawyer?
Para lawyer.
It's like paralegal,
but I went to law school.
Didn't pass the bar
seven times.
Chokes under pressure.
She's not wrong.
So they fired you?
Trent and Brent.
You know why we call it that?
Because it's full of Trents and Brents.
- You're right. He is a genius.
- [laughs]
So Leo fired you?
Yeah, it wasn't the right fit.
What'd you do to piss him off?
I got into an argument with him.
On your first day?
Oh, Daddy.
Told you.
Kid's got balls.
Try him out, Bruiser.
What do you got to lose?
I pay my associates 2,000 a month.
500 a week to be a lawyer?
A waitress makes more.
Yeah, well, you keep 1/3
of the fees you generate.
If you don't cover your draw,
you owe me the balance.
You can't be serious.
When do you take the bar?
Six weeks.
Look, I appreciate the offer.
I can give you some tips.
I thought you failed seven times.
And that's what makes me an expert.
Rudy, you got screwed, OK?
And you got screwed on the
wrong side of hiring season.
Now you're pissed off and can't believe
you're sitting in this room
talking to people like us.
Well, that's good.
You'll need that anger,
because we represent people on
the worst day of their lives.
And you know what they want?
They want someone who will
screw the people
who screwed them.
Now, if you're not the guy
for that, go be a waitress.
I need the night to think about it.
- Oh, my God.
- No, you don't.
You're only here because every
other white shoe in this city
turned you down.
I'm all you got, babe.
I need an advance.
20,000 get a place to live.
[scoffs] What,
are you moving into the Ritz?
- 10,000.
- 5,000 it is.
You start Monday.
Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
It's all fun and games ♪
15-all.
Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
Till someone gets hurt ♪
Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
It's all fun and games ♪
Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
Till someone gets hurt ♪
- 30-15.
- How do I know?
The kid was 20 years old
and wearing a tuxedo.
So I asked him to make me a drink.
Noonan whispers in my ear,
"Leo, that's the prime minister's son."
- [laughter]
- 40-15.
Oops.
The kid made a mean martini.
- [laughter]
- Out.
Whatever happened to
a good old-fashioned hot dog?
Right over here, Mr. Keeley.
[chuckles]
Do we know each other?
You are Wilfred Keeley,
CEO of Great Benefit Hospital Systems,
one of Tinley Britt's
most important clients.
Sarah Plankmore.
I'm a I'm a new associate.
A new associate that does her homework.
[chuckles]
Ah.
"Perfectly good morning
thwarted by a hot dog."
Morning?
It's it's from a novel.
"Only Yours" by Susan Mallery.
"Montana Hendrix's
perfectly good morning
"was thwarted by a hot dog,
a four-year-old boy,
and a lab and a golden
retriever mix named Fluffy."
Must be an important book to you.
No, for some reason,
I remember all the first lines
of books I've ever read.
- All of them?
- Mm-hmm.
I don't believe that.
Jane Austen, "Pride and Prejudice."
"It is a truth,
universally acknowledged,
"that a single man
in possession of a good fortune
must be in want of a wife."
Remarkable.
Though I might disagree
with Ms. Austen's assertion.
One more?
Here all night. Tip your waiters.
15-all.
"A Prayer for Owen Meany," Irving.
One of my favorites.
"I am doomed to remember a boy
with a wrecked voice
"not because of his voice,
"or because he was the smallest
person I ever knew,
"or even because he was the instrument
"of my mother's death,
"but because he is
the reason I believe in God;
I am a Christian because of Owen Meany."
[cheers and applause]
[dramatic music]
Is she on my account?
She's not even a lawyer yet.
- Yes, she's on your account.
- 40-15.
Didn't you want to have
a word with Wilfred?
Mr. Keeley, do you have a moment?
Sarah, it's been a pleasure.
Pleasure's all mine, Mr. Keeley.
♪
Finders, grinders, and minders.
Finders land the client,
bring in the money.
Grinders, that's writing and research.
And minders keep us out of trouble.
[cheers and applause]
Which am I?
- That's what I'm wondering.
- 8-7.
♪
I'm just saying, we could
have found a place together.
Yeah.
But we haven't talked about that.
Oh, my God.
You don't want to live together.
You know I do.
Then why don't you ask me
to move in here?
What, you?
In this place?
Come on.
Your neighbors are, like, right there.
See what I mean?
I can't have your parents
paying my rent.
It's not their money.
It's mine.
It's a trust fund, Sarah.
Yeah, it's my trust fund.
Why is that so terrible?
No, that makes it fine.
Yeah, they made an honest living.
They wanted to give me a start in life.
Like, why should I feel guilty for that?
I just want to pay my own way.
Do you not understand that?
No, clearly not.
What's going on?
What are you doing?
- We're in a fight.
- OK, so fight.
I can't do this by myself ♪
I've got myself a labor of love ♪
Hey, cutie.
They're in the back.
Morning.
[muffled] Morning. Bear claw?
No, thanks.
I'm ready to get started.
What do you need me to do?
What I need is my money back.
What you need are some clients.
Right.
Baby needs some milk, Deck.
Show him the tit.
Let's roll out.
[indistinct announcement
over P.A. system]
All right, stay close.
Now, there's five stages of grief:
denial, anger, bargaining,
depression, acceptance.
Now, we usually get them in anger.
So you, you got to be angry, too,
because you're the one
who's gonna punish the asshole
who did this to them.
I'm so sorry. Wrong patient.
You seem, like, very, very tense.
Oh, really?
I don't know, maybe
because you just told me
you bribed a doctor.
No, no, I rewarded him for information.
You're a lawyer now.
Words are important.
This is us, 886.
[sighs]
Hit by a drunk driver.
- Stop.
- I love my job.
[sighs]
Come in.
You wanted to see me?
As I said, you'll be on
Keeley's account going forward.
Amazing.
What will I be doing?
Watch and learn.
Anticipate his needs.
But speak to Brad or myself
before you do anything.
OK, absolutely.
Thank you.
Could I could I ask you something?
It's about Rudy Baylor.
Rudy Baylor.
Mm-hmm.
You're a friend?
Yes.
Look, Rudy is the smartest
person I have ever met.
And I was just wondering
if you would ever consider
giving him another chance.
[dramatic music]
♪
Sorry.
♪
Why are you doing this?
I'm defining our
relationship, Miss Plankmore.
That will be all.
♪
[whispering] Can you hear me,
Mr. Van Landel?
[normally] Deck Shifflet,
law firm of J. Lyman Stone.
We've looked over your accident report.
We're gonna go out.
We're gonna photograph the
site, talk to the witnesses,
you know, give it the absolute works.
But we have to move quick
before those insurance companies
excuse me, dickheads
get to the witnesses
because they have been known,
Mr. Van Landel, to bribe them
for false testimony.
We have to move fast.
We don't charge a dime, not
one dime, not until you win.
Now, all we need to get started
here is your signature.
My wife will be here soon.
Mr. Van Landel, that drunk
this makes me so angry
that drunk asshole that put you in here,
he needs to pay through his teeth.
I need to talk to my wife.
I'm in no position to hire a lawyer.
Sir, I understand. I completely
Mr. Van Landel, I'm Rudy Baylor.
We definitely want to talk to your wife,
but we have to act fast,
before the other driver's
lawyer gets to the witnesses.
Memories are short, easily manipulated.
And as you know,
lawyers can be unscrupulous.
Now, will you let us help you?
[light upbeat music]
♪
Black.
♪
Now, Mr. Van Landel, if anybody
from the insurance company
comes by, you tell them,
talk to your lawyer.
♪
[sighs]
Hey.
You're Melvin Pritcher, right?
I heard about the fire.
I'm sorry about your mom.
Yeah, thank you. I'm innocent.
I know. My name's Rod Nunley.
I can help you.
[laughs]
Wow.
You are a natural.
- This is ridiculous.
- Ridiculous?
[laughs] Let me tell you something.
That was nature at work.
Guy got a lawyer. We got a client.
That's the food chain. [gasps]
Boo-boo, baby.
Do you see what I see?
What?
Handcuffs.
Handcuffs?
Oh, shit. It's Rod Nunley.
I hear you're looking for a lawyer?
Hey, no! We saw him first.
- Nunley, we had dibs.
- Get lost, Deck.
- Ow.
- Thanks.
- I didn't do it.
- I know.
I'm innocent.
- Sir, my name is
- Oh!
J. Lyman Stone Associates.
What the hell are you two doing?
I swear
- It's my lawyer.
- Who?
Both: Yeah. Who?
OK, Officer, I'm not even sure
he knows who he's looking at.
Sir, just breathe lightly
and just Deck Shifflet.
Where'd you go?
Do you believe that Nunley, huh?
I mean, there is no honor
among thieves anymore.
I can't do this.
I need a real case.
You need a real case?
What are you you've been
on this job five minutes.
You haven't even passed the bar yet.
Oh, you have, right?
OK, listen, kid.
I'm more a lawyer than any jackleg,
martini-soaked, limp dick like
Rod Nunley any day of the week.
Now, unless you have some big
client beating down your door,
this, this is how we eat.
And maybe I do.
Maybe you do what?
Have a client.
Are you trying to give me a boner?
Get in.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey ♪
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey ♪
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey ♪
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey ♪
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey ♪
I wasn't raised on a silver spoon ♪
I never ate from a silver platter ♪
Didn't sleep a wink in fancy rooms ♪
But I shine like a diamond,
so it didn't matter ♪
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey ♪
- Go get 'em, boo-boo.
- Thanks, man.
Always told me, son, you will go far ♪
I dance for the money,
but I sing for applause ♪
Try to come and get me,
I ain't breaking any laws ♪
[knocking]
Try and keep up ♪
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey ♪
Take it back ♪
♪
Daisy, go on, now. Get.
So you're no longer with Tinley Britt?
No. No.
It didn't really work out.
And I was looking for something
more entrepreneurial.
You got fired.
Yeah, I got fired.
How come?
I have a big mouth.
But I'm with a new firm now.
J. Lyman Stone and Associates.
And if you hire us,
won't cost you anything.
Not unless we win.
That guy out in the car,
is that your J. Lyman Stone?
No.
He's a paralegal, Deck Shifflet.
Stone's our senior partner.
My Donny Ray always wanted
to go to college,
but he didn't have
the same advantages you did.
You think I had advantages?
Well, his mama and papa didn't have
buckets of money
to send him to law school.
Mrs. Black, respectfully, you
don't know a thing about me.
And you don't know me.
You don't know what I've been through,
what it's like to lose someone.
I loved my boy.
I loved him, and now he's gone.
And I want someone
to be punished for that.
But you wouldn't understand
that, would you?
Actually, I do.
[somber music]
Look, as I see it,
there are three reasons
we're sitting here.
♪
I need a client.
You need a lawyer.
And neither of us has
much love for Tinley Britt.
Now, Mrs. Black,
are we doing this or not?
♪
[sighs] Damn it.
♪
[laughs]
I knew this kid was a natural. Yes!
Come on.
- You got it signed, right?
- It's all signed.
All right, let's go
before she changes her mind.
[engine turning over]
- There were a dozen people
- EMTs, nurses,
a Dr. Mulvaney who saw
Donny Ray that night.
No, no, hospital won't let us
talk to any of them
till we get to depos.
What if they don't work
for the hospital anymore?
What do you mean?
Two of the nurses on Donny Ray's chart
no longer work there.
There's a nurse on the floor
named Jackie Lemanczyk.
Yeah.
And an ER nurse named Melvin Pritcher.
Wait, Melvin Pritcher.
They're not listed on staff anymore.
You got to be kidding me.
What?
[tense music]
That's the guy we saw at the hospital.
He's being arraigned tomorrow.
♪
[dog barking]
Daisy. Daisy, what you hear?
♪
Daisy!
Daisy!
[twig snaps]
♪
If someone's out there,
you best show yourself.
♪
Daisy!
♪
Oh, Daisy, damn it.
You frightened the Jesus out of me.
Come on, let's go inside.
Good girl.
Yeah.
♪
Promised you a cheap bottle of wine.
- Hi.
- 2.99.
But just in case, Chateau Brivenan.
Sounds expensive.
The bottle opener is next to the stove.
Is everything all right?
Yeah.
What's that?
That's I was gonna tell you
about this, actually.
It's the woman we met.
You know, at the clinic?
Yeah, the one suing Great Benefit.
Well, I just met the CEO,
Wilfred Keeley.
He's Leo's client.
Are you out of your mind?
She doesn't have a case.
It's gonna settle.
Leo put me on the case.
Mm-hmm.
I'm assisting him and Brad Noonan.
I see.
So you're not worried about me.
You're worried about you.
You did not just say that.
I tried to get Leo to take you back.
Sarah, I told you not to do that.
What happens when Leo
finds out that my boyfriend
is suing his prized client?
So it is about you.
Why can't it be about the both of us?
You need to drop this case.
Or what?
[dramatic music]
♪
[door slams]
♪
What you find, girl?
[dramatic music]
Oh.
Hey.
♪
- All right.
- My guy just said he made bail.
Should be out any minute.
Want a bite of this? Da Toscano.
He made bail?
On a charge of matricide?
He murdered a mattress?
- That's insensitive.
- Here we go.
Rod, Rod! Buddy, got a sec?
- No.
- Come on, Rod. You owe me.
Hey, man, I let you steal
my client right here.
This is Rudy Baylor,
new lawyer with the firm.
We have a case that your client
might be a witness in.
A lawyer? How old are you?
It's a malpractice case
against North City General Hospital.
Mr. Pritcher was one
of the nurses who treated Don
No.
- No what?
- You can't talk to him.
Why not?
My client is on trial for murder.
- I'm innocent.
- Shut up.
He's not gonna say a thing
until his case is done.
Period.
OK, hang on a second.
Tell Bruiser she can kiss my ass.
♪
- What now?
- I'm working on it.
Oh.
Good porchetta. Come on.
Part of the game.
We hit some. We miss some.
We hit some. We miss some.
An opioid addict with the flu dies.
What a shocker.
Dot her son was clean for over a year.
He was in a 12-step program.
Right, and a son would
never lie to his mother
about his drug use.
And he has all 13 sobriety chips.
Who's opposing counsel?
Trent and Brent.
Oh, Christ.
Bruiser, there's money there.
OK, they've already agreed to settle.
They offered her 50,000.
I think we can get a lot more.
Who gives a shit what you think?
You're not even a lawyer yet.
They have a pending motion to dismiss.
Now, if you don't get past
that, you can still get me
- Rule 11'd on this thing.
- Rule 11?
That's the one that says
we pay attorney fees
and get fined for frivolous lawsuits.
- I know what it means.
- I just I don't
It means this grieving mother
isn't enough.
You need something, anything,
that tells me and the judge
there might be a case here.
Bruiser, think about it.
Why would they offer her $50,000
before the motion is even heard?
The only reason is because
they believe she has a case.
[sighs]
A little over three weeks
till the hearing.
Don't spend any money.
Hey, listen up.
If you do this,
you're crossing the Rubicon.
No turning back, no giving up.
And if you want to beat Leo Drummond,
the question you need
to ask yourself is this:
what are you willing to do,
really willing to do,
to be a rainmaker?
♪
[tapping]
You're looking for Jackie,
she moved out.
Hey.
Oh.
Actually, I'm the new tenant.
No, sir.
I met the man who rented it.
I never forget a face.
Huh.
[ominous music]
That's too bad.
[choking] [cat yowls]
[shushing]
It's OK.
I'm a nurse.
♪
Sub extracted from file & improved by
[dramatic music]
♪
[coughing]
♪
[fire roaring]
Mama!
[grunts]
Mama!
Mom!
I can't get to you!
Mama, wake up!
I'm gonna get help.
I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.
♪
[rock music]
♪
[light upbeat music]
I couldn't afford a lawyer,
so I went ahead and wrote it myself.
I don't know if the legal
stuff is right, but
That's OK. That's what today is about.
Miss Birdie, we could
transfer your assets
into a trust,
control how and when
Randolph gets the money.
A trust could be made safe from division
in the event of divorce
or Randolph's death.
No, Rudy.
I want everything to go
to Reverend Kenneth Chandler.
Do you know him?
He's on the TV. [chuckles]
I told him that I was going to give him
the entire 20 million.
Did you say 20 million?
Miss Birdie, Rudy will
write up your new will
and have it back to you in a week or so.
Well, slap my mama, that's great news.
[laughs] I thank you, Rudy.
I doubt it would be
a summary judgment so soon,
but it says here that your son
has a history with drugs,
that he died of the flu, which
was exacerbated by opioids.
They're lying.
Did you know she has $20 million?
Oh, is it 20 this time?
She's bankrupt.
We humor her every year,
let her vent a little, and move on.
[sighs]
♪
That is a lie.
Are you listening to a word I'm saying?
My Donny Ray was a year straight.
Hey, you need a hand?
Hi.
This is Rudy Baylor.
He's the best in our class.
Mrs. Black's son was admitted
to North City General
with the flu.
And sadly, he passed.
They killed him.
Who killed him?
That hospital, North City.
I filed a lawsuit.
Pro se?
You filed it yourself.
Who the hell else was gonna do it?
The hospital is repped by Tinley Britt.
Yeah, them bastards.
Tried to what they call it
get it dismissed.
But a judge put a hold on that
till I got a lawyer.
Then them sons of bitches offered me
$50,000 for my son's life.
Believe that?
They offered a settlement
with the pending motion to dismiss.
Yeah, and I told them
where they could stick it.
[sighs]
Mrs. Black, look,
this is just a legal clinic,
advice on landlord disputes
and parking tickets.
This is a pretty complicated
negligence suit.
You need a real lawyer.
- Ain't that what you are?
- Not yet.
And the other problem is Tinley Britt.
Rudy and I both start working
at the firm tomorrow.
So even if we could help you,
there would be a conflict of interest.
Well, good luck working for Satan.
While you two are
shitting in high cotton,
I'll be making these bastards
pay for what they did.
We're very sorry for your loss, ma'am.
[Reyna Roberts' "Raised Right"]
Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh ♪
♪
I'm a little bit
of whiskey in my sweet tea ♪
I'm a little bit of city
in my country ♪
A little "hell yeah"
in my "hallelujah" ♪
It's have you got money,
or is she paying?
Good. How many for you? Two?
I know I ain't always ladylike ♪
But I know how to turn up
on a Saturday night ♪
'Cause I was baptized
in the neon light ♪
Miss, that's yours.
Hey, three shots of bourbon.
- Three, yeah?
- Rudy, I need some cash.
I thought I told you
not to take Jacksonville
against our boys.
You're four deep at the bar, man.
Get busy.
Prince, you know, starting tomorrow,
this man is gonna be making 175K a year.
Yeah, well, tonight
he's still a bartender.
[laughs]
You cool slumming it with
a bartender one more night?
I like when you talk dirty.
Hey, are those my shots?
No, brother, these are ours.
[Cody Bryan Band's "Good at Being Bad"]
She's kissing up my neck,
and, oh, it's driving me mad ♪
Well, she's good ♪
She's good at being bad ♪
[Down Like Silver's "Broken Coastline"]
♪
[phone buzzing]
I've been trying ♪
To make this all mine ♪
Pushing faster ♪
Before the light is gone ♪
For a while now ♪
Day's been breaking colder ♪
There's a wild wind ♪
Driving me on ♪
♪
All this time has ♪
Mom?
Only made me older ♪
Pushing faster
before the fire's gone ♪
Mom?
Would you know me ♪
If I walked through your doorway ♪
Would you hold me ♪
Mom, I got to go to work!
Like you've done before ♪
♪
Will there be a place for me ♪
♪
If I can't drive anymore ♪
♪
Mom, you all right?
He wanted to quit law school.
Did you know that?
Your father, God rest his soul.
Talked to him for hours.
Dad told him he's not quitting.
They could throw him to the curb,
followed by every last stick,
but he wasn't about to let him quit.
Yeah, John would have been
a great lawyer.
So will you.
Well, I'm wearing his suit.
Looks good.
Mom, what's wrong?
It's nothing.
He's right.
It's time to move on.
What are we talking about?
What who's right?
Hank.
He wants to build a gym in here.
In here?
In John's room?
Can you even see what this guy is?
This is your house.
Oh, Rudy!
Rudy, don't.
[engine turning over]
I want you out, Hank.
Funny, I was gonna say
the same thing to you.
You think I'm just gonna let you
keep leeching off my mother?
What are you gonna do about it, huh?
[both grunting]
Stop! Stop it!
Hank, stop!
Stop it, both of you!
[tires squealing]
You had no right to do that.
You said it. This is my house, my life.
Honey, I need you to move out.
[somber music]
It's OK. It's OK. I'm I know, OK?
I'm already looking.
♪
I'm so late, Mom. I got to go.
Rudy, your suit.
Do you want to change?
[sighs]
It's the only one I have.
♪
You're very lucky.
Today's orientation
for first-year associates
will be given by Tinley Britt's
managing partner, Leo Drummond.
Take a seat anywhere.
Sorry. Someone's sitting here.
Yeah, it's no problem.
"I am the punishment of God.
"If you had not committed great sins,
God would not have set
a punishment like me upon you."
Genghis Khan, warrior.
Would have made a great litigator.
Who can tell me what a trial,
any trial, is about?
- Yeah.
- Finding the truth.
That's a law school answer.
The truth is not your client.
What determines victory
in court is not the truth.
It's not even what you can prove.
It is what you can convince
a jury that you have proven.
[whispering] What happened?
All men are equal under the law.
Who believes that?
- Are you OK?
- You.
You believe that?
You're bold enough to come late
to your first meeting,
and not exactly dressed for success.
I apologize for the
So have the balls
to answer the question.
No, I don't believe that everyone
is treated equally under the law.
14th Amendment guarantees
equality under the law.
But you disagree?
- I guess I do.
- What are you doing?
OK. Who isn't treated equally, Mr
Baylor, sir.
Rudy Baylor.
Who isn't treated equally?
Well, you want to be an attorney
at Tinley, Britt, Crawford,
Mize, and St. John,
you make an argument when I tell you to.
- Victims of domestic violence.
- Excuse me?
I said victims of domestic violence.
Argue it. Prove to me,
right here and now,
that victims of domestic violence
cannot get a fair hearing.
Don't.
[dramatic music]
I'll take your silence as stipulation.
Stipulation is surrender.
We do not surrender at this firm.
Castle Rock v. Gonzales.
Uh-huh?
Supreme Court ruled
that a woman can't sue the cops
for failing to arrest her husband
after he violated a restraining order,
and he later murdered
their three children, so
Is that all you got?
U.S. v. Morrison.
Congress tried to give victims of abuse
the right to sue their abusers,
but the Supreme Court
declared it unconstitutional.
Why are you whispering?
I can't hear it.
Counterman v. Colorado.
The court threw out
a stalking conviction
on First Amendment grounds.
Is he putting you to sleep?
'Cause he's putting me to sleep.
You want to hear state court cases
of women who went to prison
for killing husbands
- who nearly killed them?
- Really?
Abusive husbands who got
custody of the children,
women fired lawfully in a court of law
for being late to work
because they were busy
getting beaten up by their husbands.
Oh, my God.
Courts reject 57% of
allegations of partner abuse.
28% of mothers alleging
an abusive father
lose custody to that father,
and that number,
that rises to 50% when he accuses her
of parental alienation.
Not 58%.
50%.
Whatever.
You, you look like you have an opinion.
Stand up, Miss
Plankmore, Sarah.
Opinion, Miss Plankmore.
[sighs]
I would say misleading on Morrison,
overstated on Counterman,
and parental alienation
was soundly rejected
in Montoya v. Davis.
Very good.
And never bore the jury with statistics.
When statistics are on your side,
pound the jury with them.
Who the hell told you that?
You did.
In a speech you gave at
Ashley Cooper three years ago.
Really?
Well, then it must be true.
[laughter]
♪
[clears throat]
[sighs]
Hey. Fired?
What were you thinking?
Arguing with Leo Drummond
on your first day.
OK, I'm sorry. I screwed up.
But he baited me,
and everything I said was true.
Well, Leo said
the truth is not your client.
You missed that part.
Thanks, Sarah.
Are you gonna tell me
what happened to your face?
Hank.
God, Rudy.
You know how my father
says the flip side
of everyone's best quality
is their worst quality?
What's my best quality?
You never back away from a fight.
My worst quality?
You never back away from a fight.
[dramatic music]
[sighs] OK, let me talk to Leo.
Look, we've worked
way too hard for this.
We can fix it.
We aren't doing anything.
This is my fault.
I'm not letting you go down for it, OK?
[sighs] Look, I, um
- I have to get to that training.
- I know.
I'm sorry.
You know what happens
around here when you're late.
♪
[sighs]
♪
Just turned out Tinley Britt
wasn't the right fit for me.
Hello?
[sighs]
Look, I appreciated the offer.
I should have accepted at the time.
I was yes, ma'am.
I understand, ma'am.
If you could please pass
Rudy Baylor.
Hi. Good morning.
I understand.
I have always wanted to work
as a public defender.
Can I just ask, when
when will that new budget be?
Next year?
OK.
Thank you for your time.
Hey, there he is.
Big-time lawyer Rudy Baylor.
Hey, man. You here for your last check?
Or you just can't stay away
from old Prince?
I think I need my job back.
Look, man, I can't help you
with Leo Drummond,
but I might be able to do something
about this Hank fella.
You know, I got a couple
of guys, send them around
- Prince, come on. No.
- Beat his ass a little bit.
Prince, don't. No.
OK?
No, thank you.
All right, man.
Suit yourself.
You know, come to think of it,
I do know a law firm looking to hire.
I just called
every reputable firm in town.
OK? Nobody's hiring.
How about a not-so-reputable one?
[country rock music]
Daisy Duke queen
with her mama's curves ♪
Dirty red boots
with a Georgia swerve ♪
Knocking them back like she's 21 ♪
Turning heads, the girl's having fun ♪
One shot, two shots ♪
Come on, man, this place
is pretty cool, right?
You know, it used to be a taco hut.
You don't say.
Bruiser is the best lawyer I know.
- Bruiser?
- [chuckles]
Do your thing, baby,
drop it real low ♪
Do your thing ♪
Hey, Voreen.
This is Rudy, guy I told Bruiser about.
- Hi.
- Hot-buttered lawyer.
- [laughs]
- They're waiting for you.
Thank you.
Do your thing, baby,
drop it real low ♪
Do your thing,
shake it out on the floor ♪
Are you serious?
Come on, kid.
Show me how it goes ♪
Hey, hey, hey.
This this must be the kid, huh?
Rudy Baylor. Hi.
Yeah, well, I'd shake your hand, but
You must be Bruiser.
[laughter]
He wishes.
You're Bruiser?
Jocelyn Stone, Bruiser to my friends.
- Have a seat, man.
- I see you met Deck Shifflet.
- How you doing?
- Our para lawyer.
Did you say power lawyer?
Para lawyer.
It's like paralegal,
but I went to law school.
Didn't pass the bar
seven times.
Chokes under pressure.
She's not wrong.
So they fired you?
Trent and Brent.
You know why we call it that?
Because it's full of Trents and Brents.
- You're right. He is a genius.
- [laughs]
So Leo fired you?
Yeah, it wasn't the right fit.
What'd you do to piss him off?
I got into an argument with him.
On your first day?
Oh, Daddy.
Told you.
Kid's got balls.
Try him out, Bruiser.
What do you got to lose?
I pay my associates 2,000 a month.
500 a week to be a lawyer?
A waitress makes more.
Yeah, well, you keep 1/3
of the fees you generate.
If you don't cover your draw,
you owe me the balance.
You can't be serious.
When do you take the bar?
Six weeks.
Look, I appreciate the offer.
I can give you some tips.
I thought you failed seven times.
And that's what makes me an expert.
Rudy, you got screwed, OK?
And you got screwed on the
wrong side of hiring season.
Now you're pissed off and can't believe
you're sitting in this room
talking to people like us.
Well, that's good.
You'll need that anger,
because we represent people on
the worst day of their lives.
And you know what they want?
They want someone who will
screw the people
who screwed them.
Now, if you're not the guy
for that, go be a waitress.
I need the night to think about it.
- Oh, my God.
- No, you don't.
You're only here because every
other white shoe in this city
turned you down.
I'm all you got, babe.
I need an advance.
20,000 get a place to live.
[scoffs] What,
are you moving into the Ritz?
- 10,000.
- 5,000 it is.
You start Monday.
Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
It's all fun and games ♪
15-all.
Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
Till someone gets hurt ♪
Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
It's all fun and games ♪
Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
Till someone gets hurt ♪
- 30-15.
- How do I know?
The kid was 20 years old
and wearing a tuxedo.
So I asked him to make me a drink.
Noonan whispers in my ear,
"Leo, that's the prime minister's son."
- [laughter]
- 40-15.
Oops.
The kid made a mean martini.
- [laughter]
- Out.
Whatever happened to
a good old-fashioned hot dog?
Right over here, Mr. Keeley.
[chuckles]
Do we know each other?
You are Wilfred Keeley,
CEO of Great Benefit Hospital Systems,
one of Tinley Britt's
most important clients.
Sarah Plankmore.
I'm a I'm a new associate.
A new associate that does her homework.
[chuckles]
Ah.
"Perfectly good morning
thwarted by a hot dog."
Morning?
It's it's from a novel.
"Only Yours" by Susan Mallery.
"Montana Hendrix's
perfectly good morning
"was thwarted by a hot dog,
a four-year-old boy,
and a lab and a golden
retriever mix named Fluffy."
Must be an important book to you.
No, for some reason,
I remember all the first lines
of books I've ever read.
- All of them?
- Mm-hmm.
I don't believe that.
Jane Austen, "Pride and Prejudice."
"It is a truth,
universally acknowledged,
"that a single man
in possession of a good fortune
must be in want of a wife."
Remarkable.
Though I might disagree
with Ms. Austen's assertion.
One more?
Here all night. Tip your waiters.
15-all.
"A Prayer for Owen Meany," Irving.
One of my favorites.
"I am doomed to remember a boy
with a wrecked voice
"not because of his voice,
"or because he was the smallest
person I ever knew,
"or even because he was the instrument
"of my mother's death,
"but because he is
the reason I believe in God;
I am a Christian because of Owen Meany."
[cheers and applause]
[dramatic music]
Is she on my account?
She's not even a lawyer yet.
- Yes, she's on your account.
- 40-15.
Didn't you want to have
a word with Wilfred?
Mr. Keeley, do you have a moment?
Sarah, it's been a pleasure.
Pleasure's all mine, Mr. Keeley.
♪
Finders, grinders, and minders.
Finders land the client,
bring in the money.
Grinders, that's writing and research.
And minders keep us out of trouble.
[cheers and applause]
Which am I?
- That's what I'm wondering.
- 8-7.
♪
I'm just saying, we could
have found a place together.
Yeah.
But we haven't talked about that.
Oh, my God.
You don't want to live together.
You know I do.
Then why don't you ask me
to move in here?
What, you?
In this place?
Come on.
Your neighbors are, like, right there.
See what I mean?
I can't have your parents
paying my rent.
It's not their money.
It's mine.
It's a trust fund, Sarah.
Yeah, it's my trust fund.
Why is that so terrible?
No, that makes it fine.
Yeah, they made an honest living.
They wanted to give me a start in life.
Like, why should I feel guilty for that?
I just want to pay my own way.
Do you not understand that?
No, clearly not.
What's going on?
What are you doing?
- We're in a fight.
- OK, so fight.
I can't do this by myself ♪
I've got myself a labor of love ♪
Hey, cutie.
They're in the back.
Morning.
[muffled] Morning. Bear claw?
No, thanks.
I'm ready to get started.
What do you need me to do?
What I need is my money back.
What you need are some clients.
Right.
Baby needs some milk, Deck.
Show him the tit.
Let's roll out.
[indistinct announcement
over P.A. system]
All right, stay close.
Now, there's five stages of grief:
denial, anger, bargaining,
depression, acceptance.
Now, we usually get them in anger.
So you, you got to be angry, too,
because you're the one
who's gonna punish the asshole
who did this to them.
I'm so sorry. Wrong patient.
You seem, like, very, very tense.
Oh, really?
I don't know, maybe
because you just told me
you bribed a doctor.
No, no, I rewarded him for information.
You're a lawyer now.
Words are important.
This is us, 886.
[sighs]
Hit by a drunk driver.
- Stop.
- I love my job.
[sighs]
Come in.
You wanted to see me?
As I said, you'll be on
Keeley's account going forward.
Amazing.
What will I be doing?
Watch and learn.
Anticipate his needs.
But speak to Brad or myself
before you do anything.
OK, absolutely.
Thank you.
Could I could I ask you something?
It's about Rudy Baylor.
Rudy Baylor.
Mm-hmm.
You're a friend?
Yes.
Look, Rudy is the smartest
person I have ever met.
And I was just wondering
if you would ever consider
giving him another chance.
[dramatic music]
♪
Sorry.
♪
Why are you doing this?
I'm defining our
relationship, Miss Plankmore.
That will be all.
♪
[whispering] Can you hear me,
Mr. Van Landel?
[normally] Deck Shifflet,
law firm of J. Lyman Stone.
We've looked over your accident report.
We're gonna go out.
We're gonna photograph the
site, talk to the witnesses,
you know, give it the absolute works.
But we have to move quick
before those insurance companies
excuse me, dickheads
get to the witnesses
because they have been known,
Mr. Van Landel, to bribe them
for false testimony.
We have to move fast.
We don't charge a dime, not
one dime, not until you win.
Now, all we need to get started
here is your signature.
My wife will be here soon.
Mr. Van Landel, that drunk
this makes me so angry
that drunk asshole that put you in here,
he needs to pay through his teeth.
I need to talk to my wife.
I'm in no position to hire a lawyer.
Sir, I understand. I completely
Mr. Van Landel, I'm Rudy Baylor.
We definitely want to talk to your wife,
but we have to act fast,
before the other driver's
lawyer gets to the witnesses.
Memories are short, easily manipulated.
And as you know,
lawyers can be unscrupulous.
Now, will you let us help you?
[light upbeat music]
♪
Black.
♪
Now, Mr. Van Landel, if anybody
from the insurance company
comes by, you tell them,
talk to your lawyer.
♪
[sighs]
Hey.
You're Melvin Pritcher, right?
I heard about the fire.
I'm sorry about your mom.
Yeah, thank you. I'm innocent.
I know. My name's Rod Nunley.
I can help you.
[laughs]
Wow.
You are a natural.
- This is ridiculous.
- Ridiculous?
[laughs] Let me tell you something.
That was nature at work.
Guy got a lawyer. We got a client.
That's the food chain. [gasps]
Boo-boo, baby.
Do you see what I see?
What?
Handcuffs.
Handcuffs?
Oh, shit. It's Rod Nunley.
I hear you're looking for a lawyer?
Hey, no! We saw him first.
- Nunley, we had dibs.
- Get lost, Deck.
- Ow.
- Thanks.
- I didn't do it.
- I know.
I'm innocent.
- Sir, my name is
- Oh!
J. Lyman Stone Associates.
What the hell are you two doing?
I swear
- It's my lawyer.
- Who?
Both: Yeah. Who?
OK, Officer, I'm not even sure
he knows who he's looking at.
Sir, just breathe lightly
and just Deck Shifflet.
Where'd you go?
Do you believe that Nunley, huh?
I mean, there is no honor
among thieves anymore.
I can't do this.
I need a real case.
You need a real case?
What are you you've been
on this job five minutes.
You haven't even passed the bar yet.
Oh, you have, right?
OK, listen, kid.
I'm more a lawyer than any jackleg,
martini-soaked, limp dick like
Rod Nunley any day of the week.
Now, unless you have some big
client beating down your door,
this, this is how we eat.
And maybe I do.
Maybe you do what?
Have a client.
Are you trying to give me a boner?
Get in.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey ♪
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey ♪
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey ♪
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey ♪
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey ♪
I wasn't raised on a silver spoon ♪
I never ate from a silver platter ♪
Didn't sleep a wink in fancy rooms ♪
But I shine like a diamond,
so it didn't matter ♪
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey ♪
- Go get 'em, boo-boo.
- Thanks, man.
Always told me, son, you will go far ♪
I dance for the money,
but I sing for applause ♪
Try to come and get me,
I ain't breaking any laws ♪
[knocking]
Try and keep up ♪
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey ♪
Take it back ♪
♪
Daisy, go on, now. Get.
So you're no longer with Tinley Britt?
No. No.
It didn't really work out.
And I was looking for something
more entrepreneurial.
You got fired.
Yeah, I got fired.
How come?
I have a big mouth.
But I'm with a new firm now.
J. Lyman Stone and Associates.
And if you hire us,
won't cost you anything.
Not unless we win.
That guy out in the car,
is that your J. Lyman Stone?
No.
He's a paralegal, Deck Shifflet.
Stone's our senior partner.
My Donny Ray always wanted
to go to college,
but he didn't have
the same advantages you did.
You think I had advantages?
Well, his mama and papa didn't have
buckets of money
to send him to law school.
Mrs. Black, respectfully, you
don't know a thing about me.
And you don't know me.
You don't know what I've been through,
what it's like to lose someone.
I loved my boy.
I loved him, and now he's gone.
And I want someone
to be punished for that.
But you wouldn't understand
that, would you?
Actually, I do.
[somber music]
Look, as I see it,
there are three reasons
we're sitting here.
♪
I need a client.
You need a lawyer.
And neither of us has
much love for Tinley Britt.
Now, Mrs. Black,
are we doing this or not?
♪
[sighs] Damn it.
♪
[laughs]
I knew this kid was a natural. Yes!
Come on.
- You got it signed, right?
- It's all signed.
All right, let's go
before she changes her mind.
[engine turning over]
- There were a dozen people
- EMTs, nurses,
a Dr. Mulvaney who saw
Donny Ray that night.
No, no, hospital won't let us
talk to any of them
till we get to depos.
What if they don't work
for the hospital anymore?
What do you mean?
Two of the nurses on Donny Ray's chart
no longer work there.
There's a nurse on the floor
named Jackie Lemanczyk.
Yeah.
And an ER nurse named Melvin Pritcher.
Wait, Melvin Pritcher.
They're not listed on staff anymore.
You got to be kidding me.
What?
[tense music]
That's the guy we saw at the hospital.
He's being arraigned tomorrow.
♪
[dog barking]
Daisy. Daisy, what you hear?
♪
Daisy!
Daisy!
[twig snaps]
♪
If someone's out there,
you best show yourself.
♪
Daisy!
♪
Oh, Daisy, damn it.
You frightened the Jesus out of me.
Come on, let's go inside.
Good girl.
Yeah.
♪
Promised you a cheap bottle of wine.
- Hi.
- 2.99.
But just in case, Chateau Brivenan.
Sounds expensive.
The bottle opener is next to the stove.
Is everything all right?
Yeah.
What's that?
That's I was gonna tell you
about this, actually.
It's the woman we met.
You know, at the clinic?
Yeah, the one suing Great Benefit.
Well, I just met the CEO,
Wilfred Keeley.
He's Leo's client.
Are you out of your mind?
She doesn't have a case.
It's gonna settle.
Leo put me on the case.
Mm-hmm.
I'm assisting him and Brad Noonan.
I see.
So you're not worried about me.
You're worried about you.
You did not just say that.
I tried to get Leo to take you back.
Sarah, I told you not to do that.
What happens when Leo
finds out that my boyfriend
is suing his prized client?
So it is about you.
Why can't it be about the both of us?
You need to drop this case.
Or what?
[dramatic music]
♪
[door slams]
♪
What you find, girl?
[dramatic music]
Oh.
Hey.
♪
- All right.
- My guy just said he made bail.
Should be out any minute.
Want a bite of this? Da Toscano.
He made bail?
On a charge of matricide?
He murdered a mattress?
- That's insensitive.
- Here we go.
Rod, Rod! Buddy, got a sec?
- No.
- Come on, Rod. You owe me.
Hey, man, I let you steal
my client right here.
This is Rudy Baylor,
new lawyer with the firm.
We have a case that your client
might be a witness in.
A lawyer? How old are you?
It's a malpractice case
against North City General Hospital.
Mr. Pritcher was one
of the nurses who treated Don
No.
- No what?
- You can't talk to him.
Why not?
My client is on trial for murder.
- I'm innocent.
- Shut up.
He's not gonna say a thing
until his case is done.
Period.
OK, hang on a second.
Tell Bruiser she can kiss my ass.
♪
- What now?
- I'm working on it.
Oh.
Good porchetta. Come on.
Part of the game.
We hit some. We miss some.
We hit some. We miss some.
An opioid addict with the flu dies.
What a shocker.
Dot her son was clean for over a year.
He was in a 12-step program.
Right, and a son would
never lie to his mother
about his drug use.
And he has all 13 sobriety chips.
Who's opposing counsel?
Trent and Brent.
Oh, Christ.
Bruiser, there's money there.
OK, they've already agreed to settle.
They offered her 50,000.
I think we can get a lot more.
Who gives a shit what you think?
You're not even a lawyer yet.
They have a pending motion to dismiss.
Now, if you don't get past
that, you can still get me
- Rule 11'd on this thing.
- Rule 11?
That's the one that says
we pay attorney fees
and get fined for frivolous lawsuits.
- I know what it means.
- I just I don't
It means this grieving mother
isn't enough.
You need something, anything,
that tells me and the judge
there might be a case here.
Bruiser, think about it.
Why would they offer her $50,000
before the motion is even heard?
The only reason is because
they believe she has a case.
[sighs]
A little over three weeks
till the hearing.
Don't spend any money.
Hey, listen up.
If you do this,
you're crossing the Rubicon.
No turning back, no giving up.
And if you want to beat Leo Drummond,
the question you need
to ask yourself is this:
what are you willing to do,
really willing to do,
to be a rainmaker?
♪
[tapping]
You're looking for Jackie,
she moved out.
Hey.
Oh.
Actually, I'm the new tenant.
No, sir.
I met the man who rented it.
I never forget a face.
Huh.
[ominous music]
That's too bad.
[choking] [cat yowls]
[shushing]
It's OK.
I'm a nurse.
♪
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