Suits LA (2025) s01e13 Episode Script

1
Previously on "Suits LA"
I've been honest with
you about what I want.
I wanna be with you. If
you don't wanna be with me,
I think we just need to
stay away from each other.
Why did we leave New York?
Sorry I didn't call, Eddie.
I should've called.
I was ashamed of Eddie.
I wish I hadn't been.
What do you want from me?
I wanna take you and
Eddie out to dinner one time
before I go away.
If you think for one second
I'm gonna let you
handle my father's will
For your information, I had no idea
he named me executor
until after he died.
Whatever he left. I don't care.
Because I don't want it.
I'm Marvin, new head of human resources.
We work in a business
with people who think
they can get away with anything.
And Marvin knows
what the hell he's doing.
Ted represents Sean Baker.
And what Sean wants is Dylan Pryor.
After Sean told me
that I was his choice,
I wanted to celebrate, and the person
that I wanna celebrate with is you.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Dylan, sorry, I can't.
Oh, oh, my, my ♪
Shake my hand
and roll the dice, yeah ♪
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
- You got me coffee?
- You said you wanted to meet.
I did, because I did something
that you would be proud of.
You finally decided to switch colognes?
'Cause we've all been talking.
Hey, I smell like
heaven, and you know it.
I helped Rick get Dylan Pryor a role
in the new Larry McMurtry movie,
which is good for us because
We represent Sean Baker,
and you just got him his lead.
Exactly.
There's just one thing.
Don't tell me.
There's only so much
ownership to go around,
and Dylan Pryor wants a
piece of Sean Baker's back end.
Welcome to Hollywood.
You want me to go up
against Rick, don't you?
Something wrong with that?
- No.
- Good.
'Cause we're both basically
on the same side here.
But you want me to kick Rick's ass.
Up and down the block.
I mean, we have to protect
Sean Baker's back end.
And if there's one
thing that I care about,
it's my clients' back ends.
Do I need to call Marvin from HR?
He can't stop what's going on in here.
Can he at least do something
about getting you a new cologne?
For your information, it's aftershave.
For your information, it's
not getting the job done.
[SNIFFS] I smell great.
Hey ♪
[EXHALES HEAVILY]
Dylan, you got my text.
I did, but not exactly
sure why I'm here.
- Yeah, look
- Rick, I get it.
You ran away after I kissed you.
Message received loud and clear.
I want to explain why we can't do this.
Because I'm a hideous
troll who repulses you?
That is not it.
I know that, Rick.
It was pretty obvious
that you were enjoying it
as much as I was.
I was.
But, Dylan, sometimes clients,
when they see their
lawyers fighting for them,
they develop feelings.
But that does not mean
those feelings are real.
Well, what if I want to
find out if they're real?
I don't know what to say to that.
Say you want to find out too.
Dylan, you are a phenomenal woman.
Anyone would be lucky to
be in a relationship with you.
But I'm your lawyer, and I
want to keep being your lawyer.
So for now, this is how it has to be.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
[PHONE RINGS]
Samantha, are you calling about
the Dylan Pryor negotiation? Because
I'm calling about something
a little more important.
- Avery Jeffers.
- Let me guess.
One of your clients made the mistake
of calling that bastard out.
He was directing a movie for Avery.
They were shooting in the desert.
Avery was pushing
the crew to exhaustion.
My client thought
people's lives were at risk
and pulled the plug.
Avery's been blackballing
Jim all across town.
Not a single studio will hire him.
You're gonna file a defamation suit
- that you can't win.
- Ted
Samantha, there's a reason that people
don't go after this guy.
He operates off the record.
If you do this, he's gonna
take the gun out of your hand,
and he's gonna point
it right back at you.
Unless you help me.
I'm not getting involved
in a class action.
Why the hell not?
There's strength in numbers,
and some of your clients
must have worked for him.
Even if they did, none of them
are gonna go on the record.
Ted, Avery is the closest thing
Hollywood gets to a mob boss.
You're the only person I know
who's taken on someone like that,
and you're the only
one I trust to help me try.
See the money,
wanna stay for your meal ♪
Get another piece
of pie for your wife ♪
Everybody wanna know how it feel ♪
Everybody wanna see what it's like ♪
I'll even eat a bean
pie, I don't mind ♪
Me and Missy is so
busy, busy making money ♪
All right ♪
All step back, I'm 'bout to dance ♪
The greenback boogie ♪
[COFFEE TRICKLING]
There you are.
Got a minute?
Not if it's about that Avery
Jeffers call I overheard.
Look
Ted, when I left that monster,
I locked those memories in a drawer,
and I have no interest
in revisiting any of it.
I'm not asking you to revisit anything.
You worked for the man for five years.
You must be able to point
me in the right direction.
You mean towards someone who's chosen
not to come forward so you can talk them
into doing something they might regret.
- I can protect them.
- You don't know that.
He still scares you.
And he should scare you.
I've seen what I've seen.
Rosalyn, who rescued
you from that monster?
You know it was you.
You trusted me then.
Trust me now.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
[PHONE RINGS]
Leah, why do you have a ribbon
taped across your door?
Because you can't have
a ribbon-cutting ceremony
for my new office without a ribbon.
Were you raised by wolves?
Yeah, Leah, I was raised by a pack
of ribbon-less wolves.
Was that so hard to admit?
Now, to gain entrance,
you simply take these
ceremonial scissors and
Did you not hear that I have scissors?
Leah, I don't have
time for this nonsense.
I gave you this office as a thank-you
for all the work you do.
If you're just gonna waste
my time on stupid stuff like
OK, fine.
Back-end agreements on
every deal Sean Baker's had,
Dylan Pryor's quote on
every film she's ever done,
and every comparable
deal in the last two years.
How did you know
If you don't know by
now that I'm a badass
who can get you things before
you know you even need them,
I can't help you.
Kind of makes me look stupid
for walking through
your ribbon, doesn't it?
Doesn't make you look smart,
you know what I'm saying?
- Leah.
- You're right, I pushed it.
Thank you for the work,
and I'm sorry about your ceremony.
Oh, I can retie the ribbon.
You can walk down the
hall and come back like
- No.
- Nothing ever happened.
[PHONE RINGS]
Dillon and Son Detective Agency.
Kevin, it's Stuart Lane.
Let me guess.
You found the bug in your car.
- What bug in my car?
- PI humor.
Let's move on. How
can I help you, Stuart?
I want to engage your services.
You mind if I ask why me?
Because I want to thank Ted for all
that he's done for me recently,
and I thought you'd be
the right man for the job.
- You know I'm in New York, right?
- That's not a problem.
What I need involves taking
care of something in New York.
But just one thing:
can't let Ted know we're doing this.
Why is that?
Because it has to do with Ted's father.
Hey, sorry I'm late.
Turns out, there's a lot to
do before you go to prison.
Yeah, well, I'll get Eddie.
Teddy, wait.
I'd like to go out
tonight, just you and me.
I'm not going out without my brother.
Just listen to me. This is
my last night of freedom.
He has been looking forward to this.
I promise you, I will take
Eddie to breakfast tomorrow.
But I have things that
I have to say to you
that I just can't say in front of him.
You go, Teddy. I'll order a pizza.
Are you sure, buddy?
I want you to have fun with Dad.
OK.
But if you put on one of my suits
like you usually do and
get tomato sauce on it,
we are not watching
"Friends" when I get back.
I promise I won't.
I'll call and check in, OK?
Eddie, give me a hug before we go out.
Tell me your person came through.
She did.
I got six more people to go on record.
And since we talked,
I got another three,
- which gives us ten.
- For now.
We're probably gonna lose at least two.
You think it's enough?
If we get them to testify
in open court, yes, I do.
Open court?
That sounds exciting.
I gotta say, after what
she did to your firm,
I'm surprised to see you two
in the same room together.
Well, we do have history.
You may have history,
but you don't have anybody
testifying in open court.
You don't know a thing
about what we have.
You think I don't have ears everywhere?
I knew about your lawsuit
the second you started
putting it together,
like I know if you keep this up,
that financing that you think
you have lined up for Nicole's
little South African drama,
it won't be there in the morning.
You're not going to intimidate me.
I don't have to, because I
already got to the people
that you were counting
on coming forward.
Must have made a
ton of calls to stave off
all 25 of them.
It was ten, and you know it.
I just wanted to tell you in person.
Lucky for us, you've ruined the lives
of so many people, we're not gonna
have trouble finding more.
You know, I know you're not
supposed to say these things
anymore, but what the hell?
You can always dream, sweetheart,
but keep in mind what happens
to your clients if you lose.
You pick a fight with her,
you pick a fight with me,
and you better be goddamn ready.
Two against one.
Lucky me.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[SIGHS] Damn it.
I can't believe he got
to our people that fast.
This is actually a good thing.
There's no way that Avery
could have blackballed
that many people that quickly,
which means that he just
outright threatened them.
And if he did it this
time, he's done it before.
The question is, how do we find proof?
I don't care what Marty says
about how his name looks on the poster.
When he starts footing
the bill for his little
passion projects, he can
get the big-boy font too.
Oh, no, you get him
the hell out of my office.
Bill
You let him bully me into
releasing Lester's movie.
I did no such thing.
I warned you he was bluffing.
- You didn't listen.
- She's right. I was.
You smug son of a bitch.
You humiliated me on the stand.
- I was just doing my job.
- I don't care.
Whatever you're here
for, the answer is no.
We're going after Avery Jeffers.
What do you need?
He's produced 30 movies
here over the years.
We need every HR complaint
that's ever been lodged against him.
Until a few years ago, there aren't any.
We're not looking
for the official records.
We're looking for the initial complaints
before they were buried.
This never gets back to me.
Guaranteed.
OK, I'll do it.
But first,
I want him to say he's sorry
for everything he's ever done to me.
I never did anything
that you didn't deserve.
Ted.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
- I'm so sorry.
- Say it again.
I'm sorry, Bill.
I'm so sorry.
- Now tell me you love me.
- Not a chance in hell.
Worth a shot.
I'll get you those records.
[ELEVATOR DINGS]
Dylan, what are you doing here?
I came to see you.
If you're here to talk about your deal,
let me stop you right there.
I'm about to negotiate against Rick.
It would be unethical for
me to engage with you.
It doesn't matter.
I'm not exactly here about that.
- I want to sign with you.
- Excuse me?
I know it sounds like
Like you can't make up your mind?
Because in the past few months,
you wanted to be with Rick,
then me, then Rick, and now me.
What's going on here?
Just not satisfied with
this representation.
And from what he told me,
your firm got me this
role as much as he did.
Well, Rick and I are
about to slug it out.
So if, on the other side of this,
you still feel the same way, we'll talk.
But, Dylan, you better not
change your mind again.
I'm not a fan of being jerked around.
Understood.
Erica, what are you doing here?
Ted asked me to handle it for him.
- He didn't tell you?
- Why would he?
He doesn't know what happened.
As far as I'm concerned,
nothing happened,
except you decided you didn't
want to talk to me anymore.
I'm taking time because
you're afraid of your feelings,
and you know it, and I'm
not getting into this right now.
Why not?
It's just me and
what is she doing here?
She's my client. She wanted to be here.
- She asked to be here, or you asked her?
- What's the difference?
Because I want to know
if you're trying to get me
not to say things in front
of her or if she wants to
What? It was her idea, Erica.
She wanted to see me work
because, unlike some people,
she appreciates me for who I am.
Then let's get it on.
[SIGHS]
I'm just gonna cut straight to it.
There is no way you are getting
half of Sean Baker's profits.
Profits he'll make because
he's getting the star
that he wants for his movie.
His movie, the one he's gonna live with
for the next three
years while Dylan here
might decide another
director is better and drop out.
Don't give me that.
Dylan is committed to this project.
It's the one she wants,
and she's not afraid
to admit that to herself.
Well, it sounds like
this project came along
at the right time in her life.
- It actually did.
- No, you went after it
because that's what you
do when you have passion.
You don't wait for the right time.
Well, I think it's the right time
you give me a damn number.
You know our number. We want half.
You want a pillow and a blanket too?
Because you're dreaming.
You give us a number, then.
5%, not 50%.
That is not a good-faith offer.
And I'm not here to
negotiate against myself.
Then you can tell your
client he just lost his star.
Can't just walk away when
things get tough, Ricky.
And by the look on your client's face,
she knows what I'm talking about.
What?
How would I know
about Rick walking away?
Not Rick. You.
You are not walking
away from this movie,
and we both know it.
Erica's right. This was a mistake.
- I'm gonna go.
- No, wait, I want you to stay.
I have an idea.
I agree you're not moving.
You agree we're not moving.
So we need to make more room.
And how exactly are we gonna do that?
By taking someone else's lunch money.
What?
Nothing, just
all these years, we've
never been in court together.
Except for when you
asked me to watch you
cross-examine Miller because you thought
it'd make me fall for you.
You knew that?
You told me that.
Did it work?
All right.
It's not usually my practice to hold
a hearing on a lawsuit on
the day that it's been filed.
Then why are we here, Your Honor?
Because my client's
reputation has been smeared,
and this case needs to be dismissed
before any further harm is caused.
His reputation hasn't been smeared.
- It's been portrayed.
- Watch yourself.
You don't have a shred of evidence.
I don't know what law school
you went to, but we have
over 50 complaints
lodged against your client
over a 20-year period.
I went to Harvard. And,
Your Honor, those complaints
were all filed with the studio,
and not one attempt has been made
to inform my client of even one of them.
Because he killed them in their sleep.
That is slander.
It's not slander if it's the truth.
And Mr. Jeffers does not need to be
informed of these complaints
to be held liable for
the harm he caused.
Except for one thing.
My client was an outside contractor,
and not one of those
complaints came from someone
within his own company.
Without that, they're not worth
the paper they're printed on.
I'm afraid he's right.
You can refile with admissible evidence,
but for now, this lawsuit
is not moving forward.
[GAVEL BANGS]
If you think we're gonna let this go
I don't care whether
you let it go or not.
You made this public,
so you better watch your backs,
because not one of your
clients' projects are safe.
Nice necklace.
I'm sorry I got you into this.
I'm not.
Now I know what we have to do.
We can't use someone
outside the company,
but we can use someone on the inside.
Ted, we tried.
He got to everyone
who's ever worked for him.
Not everyone.
Melissa Johnson, Erica Rollins.
I don't believe we've had the pleasure.
If you're here with him,
this won't be a pleasure.
You already shoved
Dylan Pryor down my throat.
What are you here for now,
to tell me who my caterer should be?
Melissa, you can have
any caterer you want.
But you are gonna have to
choke down something else.
I'm not giving up my profit
participation in this movie.
We're not asking you to give it up.
We're telling you you're
gonna have to share it.
I busted my ass for
the rights to this book,
and I'd sooner let this movie die
than give up one nickel
of my ownership in it.
Which is why before we came here,
we took a trip to the
head of the studio's office.
Turns out, your deal
is up in six months,
and Bonnie has incredibly
high hopes for this project.
So if you want to stay on the lot,
I'd consider sharing a piece of the pie.
Bonnie wouldn't do this to me.
Pick up the phone. Give her a call.
- You think I won't?
- We know you will.
In fact, we're counting on it.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
You think she'll cave?
She doesn't have a choice.
Of course she does. We're bluffing.
Doesn't matter.
She calls, she looks weak,
and she'd rather lose a kidney
than show fear to Bonnie Harris.
Rick, about the negotiations
You were doing your job,
I was doing mine,
so let's leave it at that.
No, I'm not doing it.
Rosalyn, we need somebody
on the inside to come forward.
You said all I had to do was point you
in the right direction, and I did.
Well, what do you want me say?
Avery got to those people.
- Like I told you he would.
- Yes, you did.
But whatever he did to keep
those people from talking,
he can't do that to you.
He already did something to me.
- I know that.
- No, you don't.
He wasn't just verbally abusive, OK?
He didn't just work me to the bone
or throw staplers at my head.
One night, he
he tried to assault me.
And I got out, but it made me feel weak,
and it took me ten
years to feel strong again.
I can't believe I didn't see that.
Because I hid it from you.
But I am not gonna relive that nightmare
only to see him weasel out of it
like he always does.
Why didn't you just tell me at the time?
Because I told someone else,
and they couldn't do anything.
What if I could make it so that
Avery was never in a position
to have power over anyone ever again?
By what, making him lose money?
Even if you win, it won't stop him.
I'm not going after his money, Rosalyn.
I'm going after his freedom.
[KNOCKING]
Dylan, hey.
When I said we got
your profit participation,
I didn't mean we had paperwork to sign.
I'm not here for that.
What are you here for?
I'm signing with Erica Rollins.
I don't understand.
I got you everything that you wanted.
But you also said we can't mix
being together and business.
And if I have to choose between
having you as my attorney
and seeing if there's
something more between us,
I can always get another lawyer.
[SIGHS]
OK, look, Dylan, if
you still want to leave
after what I'm gonna say, I understand,
but I didn't give you the full story.
The truth is,
I have feelings for someone else.
Why didn't you tell me this before?
Because I was embarrassed
because that person
doesn't have feelings for me.
So I'm being rejected for someone
who doesn't even like you.
It has nothing to do with you.
Until I'm over her, I can't
be with anybody else.
And I still want you as a client,
but if you want to go,
I totally understand.
- [KNOCKING]
- You got a second?
Sure. What's on your mind?
I wanted to let you know we took care
of the Sean Baker-Dylan Pryor situation.
And I not only kept every
penny of Sean's back end,
I re-signed Dylan Pryor.
She's back where she belongs.
You don't seem overly enthusiastic.
Is this another Nicole Kidman situation?
- Because Dylan came to me.
- It's not that.
I'm thinking about how to
move forward on
something personal to me.
Well, then I'll give you some space.
While I have you here,
I could use your advice.
I have to do something, and
Amanda's not gonna like it.
And you want to know
if you should tell her
before you do it.
The answer is yes.
Erica, she's gonna try to stop me,
and I can't cave on this one.
I get that, but remember what
we said about being a partner?
It doesn't mean you
just do what we want.
It means you're not
afraid to be straight with us.
I wish you gave better advice.
Do you mean straight like that?
No, I don't.
I'll talk to her, but
you might be able to help
me with one more thing.
OK, we're here.
What is so important that you couldn't
discuss it in front of Eddie?
I guess we're jumping right in.
I told you that I didn't
want to have no one
when I got out of
prison, and I meant it.
So what can I do to make things right?
If you want to make
things right with me,
you need to start with Eddie.
I'm listening.
For whatever reason, he is gonna worry
while you're away.
So I would like you to
call him once a week
and just ask him about his day.
And can I call you?
Start with Eddie, and if you do that,
maybe you and me can talk.
Can we at least talk now?
Otherwise, this is gonna
be a very boring dinner.
[SCOFFS]
We've already talked about
how we each like our steaks.
Well, we still have dessert preferences
and the type of bread
that we want and drinks.
Are we ordering drinks?
Sure.
[LIGHT UPBEAT MUSIC]
What the hell?
And if you're wondering,
yes, there are egg rolls.
What is going on here?
You did not go to Erica and find out
my weak spot for no reason.
I have taken a case against a
producer named Avery Jeffers.
- I've heard of him.
- Then you get the picture.
It started off as a lawsuit.
Things took a turn, and the
only way that I see out of it
is to find someone to bring
criminal charges against him.
If you are saying what
I think you're saying,
you can take your egg
rolls and leave right now.
Listen to me, Elizabeth
Smith is the only one
that can put this man down.
That's not true, and you know it.
- Find someone else.
- Like who?
Amanda, name another prosecutor
that will do whatever
it takes to get this guy.
That's exactly the reason
why you can't go to her.
Because she doesn't play by the rules.
Amanda, this man is not innocent.
There's still right and wrong.
And allowing him to keep
doing what he has been doing
is wrong.
You didn't come here
to get my permission.
You came here to tell
me you're doing this
whether I like it or
not, so why come at all?
Because I think of you as a partner,
and I'm trying to treat you that way.
You've got one hell
of a way of showing it.
Do you really want me to say it?
I'm telling you
because I care what you think about me.
If that is true, you won't
go to Elizabeth Smith.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Stephanie, there's no such
thing as a mercury deficiency.
And even if there
were, putting cod liver oil
in Jackson's coffee
wouldn't be in your purview.
Yes, this is an official warning.
Idiot.
This is why you're the
right person for the job.
Tact, class, and humor
all in one package.
Well, I'm not gonna file
a complaint against you
for lying.
- We need to talk.
- What's going on?
I'm coming forward against Avery.
[SIGHS]
You want me to back you up.
- I need you to back me up.
- Rosalyn
You're the only person who was there.
You're the only one who knows.
I wasn't just there.
I lost ten years of my career
for trying to do the right thing.
I know that, Marvin,
and I need you to do
the right thing again.
How can you be sure
it's gonna work this time?
Because it's not just me and you.
Ted is going after him too.
I know you lost those
years, but you're here now.
I made it happen, and
you are not going anywhere.
Then I have something
I need to show you.
You're saying you were there.
It was the city championship,
and my son was the starting quarterback.
It didn't matter that you
didn't want me there.
I wasn't gonna miss it.
OK, if you were there, then
You rolled out to your
left on a naked bootleg.
You're supposed to
run for the first down.
But you saw your tight end
open about 20 yards down field,
so you gave your coach a heart attack
and threw for a touchdown.
It was the fullback.
No, it was not.
Well done.
I wish I could have told
you how proud I was of you.
Well, you just did.
What?
We're having such a nice conversation,
I forgot to call Eddie to check in.
- I'm sure he's fine.
- [PHONE BUZZING]
That might be him.
Oh. Hey, what's going on?
Ted, you need to get out
of your apartment right now.
I'm not in my apartment.
Then wherever you are, you need
to watch your goddamn back.
Kevin, what's going on?
I think Pellegrini put a hit on you,
and I think it's coming tonight.
- Eddie's in my apartment.
- Eddie.
All right, look, Teddy, get
there as soon as you can, OK?
I'm in the car. I'll call him.
I'll meet you there.
- What's going on?
- It's Eddie.
Where do we go ♪
Where do we go from here ♪
[TIRES SQUEALING, SIREN WAILING]
- [LINE RINGING]
- Pick up.
Pick up, pick up.
Please, Eddie, pick up.
[PHONE BUZZING]
You cut me deeper ♪
As I sit here on my own ♪
[LAUGHTER OVER TV]
Wondering where we went wrong ♪
Eddie, you get this,
you leave the apartment.
No questions. Just leave.
Is this the end of us ♪
Where do we go ♪
Where do we go from here ♪
[SIREN WAILING]
When everything I
touch is always breaking ♪
Breaking ♪
[MUFFLED EXPLOSION]
[GLASS SHATTERING]
- No! No!
- No! Teddy, no. No!
Eddie!
[SIREN WAILING]
[SOMBER MUSIC]
[KNOCKING]
What are you doing here?
I need your help.
With directions to the exit?
'Cause that's the only
help you're getting from me.
Avery Jeffers is a producer.
I know who he is.
Then you know he has a
history of abusive behavior,
and I got someone to come forward.
- No.
- Are you not gonna do this
because you're a sore loser?
I'm not going to do it
because this isn't enough.
I thought you were better than this.
Better? We just went to war,
and you got your
girlfriend to take the stand
and call me a piece of filth.
You and I are cut from the same cloth.
We like to put the bad guys away.
- Get out of my office.
- No.
Because I heard you
when you spoke about the victim's father
in the Dante Everson case.
You care about justice.
I also care about my career,
and I'm not gonna let what
happened to you happen to me.
That's right. You think
I wouldn't look you up?
You took down John Pellegrini,
and ten minutes later,
you were out of a job.
I risked a hell of a lot
more than my career.
I risked my life.
They tried to kill me.
They missed.
And they killed my brother.
[SIGHS] You're not making
a case for me to do this.
Elizabeth, this is not that.
I'm not asking you to put him away.
I'm just asking you to hear me out.
[PHONE BUZZING]
You get it done?
Yes, I did, and it's on its
way to Ted as we speak.
I knew you were the man for the job.
All right, bill me whatever.
Ah, it's on the house.
- Kevin.
- Stuart, please.
It's the best thing you could have done
with that man's money.
I'm not gonna charge you for it.
You think Ted'll like it?
Think he'll love it.
Ted's lucky to have you as a friend.
Yeah, he's lucky to have us both.
[PHONE BUZZING]
[PHONE CLICKS]
Where the hell were you?
- Ted.
- It was his funeral.
I needed you there,
and you didn't even
- Teddy, I got arrested.
- What?
I went to see Vinnie Santoro,
and I beat the living hell out of him.
But before I could kill him,
the police pulled me off.
So Santoro is the one
We'll never prove it,
but yeah, he's the one.
I'm sorry I wasn't there for you, Ted.
- I gotta go.
- Go? Go where?
You're not the only one who
didn't show up for the funeral.
Where were you?
Teddy. Your son died.
They move the day when you
need to leave and go to prison,
and you can't make it to the funeral?
I should have been there.
I just I I couldn't.
Because you never
thought of him as a son.
- That's not fair.
- What, then?
Because I can't think of
another goddamn reason
[TENSE MUSIC]
You knew what they were gonna do.
What the hell are you talking about?
You asked us both out to dinner,
and you changed your
mind at the last second.
- Teddy
- And you hugged him before we left.
You never hugged him a day in his life.
- That is not true.
- Why'd you change your mind?
[GRUNTS]
Why?
I did it to protect you.
They were gonna set that bomb off,
and if I hadn't done what I did,
you both would have died.
Not if you'd told me!
They weren't gonna stop
until they killed someone.
So you let them kill him?
- I had to make a choice.
- You murdered him!
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
You want to rip me to
pieces, you go right ahead.
But I did what I
did. You're still alive.
And I do not regret it.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
Go rot in prison.
Never contact me.
Never write me. Never think of me.
As far as I am concerned, you're dead.
You think we have enough?
I think that we're doing this
whether we have enough or not.
- Yes.
- Yes what?
You asked me in court
if watching you work
made me fall for you.
Yes. It did.
Then or now?
[KNOCK ON GLASS]
Avery, thanks for coming.
Please, I'm always happy to have LA's
top entertainment
lawyers grovel at my feet.
Then I'm afraid you came to
the wrong conference room.
Were you not in that
courtroom? You have nothing.
Yeah, see, all those
people were outsiders.
We got ourselves an insider.
Hello, Avery. Remember me?
I remember when I hired you,
you signed an ironclad NDA.
Then it's a good thing NDAs don't apply
to criminal charges.
And if you think I'm
afraid to testify against you,
- you are dead wrong.
- Go ahead.
My people will rip you to pieces.
They might, if we didn't
have contemporaneous notes
from your former head
of human resources.
Does the name Marvin Semple ring a bell?
I'll give you a hint.
He's a man who always
keeps his receipts.
This is every complaint Marvin ever took
that you thought you buried.
And in case you
forgot, I'm a prosecutor.
You were a prosecutor, Ted.
You're not one anymore.
He's not, but I am.
And here is an advance
copy of tomorrow's "LA Times."
Front page: Avery Jeffers arrested
on charges of sexual assault.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
You know what? I do
remember Marvin Semple.
And every one of those lies he told
is more than ten years old,
which puts them past
the statute of limitations.
Tomorrow's headline
isn't about statutes.
It's about you being arrested.
And when people see that,
they're gonna come
running to testify against you.
In case you didn't know,
Elizabeth isn't afraid
to play just a little bit dirty.
- May I?
- Please, go right ahead.
This is a one-time offer.
You resign today,
plead guilty to one
count of sexual assault,
Elizabeth will never
prosecute, and that article
will never see the light of day.
You're bluffing. You won't charge me.
I might win and I might lose,
but I never bluff.
You're found guilty for even one count,
you go to prison for ten years.
Yeah, one more thing.
Tomorrow morning, she's gonna use that
to register you as a sexual offender.
No way in hell you are.
That agreement doesn't
give you that right.
Then sue me.
I'm sure you'll find a jury that will
award you plenty of damages.
Like I said, she's not
afraid to play a little bit dirty.
We might not have been
able to take away your freedom,
but we sure as hell just
took away your power.
Now get your ass out of my law firm.
Teddy.
Ah, it's good to see you.
- How you holding up?
- Kevin, why am I here?
They're kicking me out the
bureau for beating Santoro.
That doesn't explain why I'm here.
My father offered me a job.
And since you're currently unemployed,
I thought you might want to join me.
In what capacity? I'm not a detective.
I don't know, but we make a good team.
I don't want to work
for your father, Kevin.
Oh, come on, Teddy.
Why you doing this?
You want me to say it?
I suspected they might be planning
on coming after you earlier.
I didn't warn you because
I didn't have confirmation.
And I feel guilty about Eddie.
Kevin, if you're
looking for me to tell you
that it's not your fault,
I don't have it in me
to do that right now.
I'll see you when I see you.
Don't you put Eddie's death on me.
You know, you you just told me
that if you had warned me sooner,
maybe we could've stopped this.
So I'm not putting it on you.
It's on you.
[SIGHS]
- [PHONE BUZZING]
- [CHUCKLES]
Ted, what can I do for you?
I wanted to thank you for your gift.
I don't know what to say.
Well, whatever it is,
say it to your boy Stuart.
It was his idea.
But as long as we're yapping,
I've been doing a lot of thinking.
If that job offer is still open,
I want to take it.
You sure you want to do that?
Yeah.
Yeah, I'm sure.
Well, Kevin
[SIGHS]
I have been doing some thinking too.
The reason that I let you
blame yourself back then
is because
I told Eddie that I was
gonna call and check in,
and I never did.
I felt guilty, and I took it out on you.
That's pretty insightful.
Now, who figured it out for you?
Because I know you
didn't do it by yourself.
I don't want you to
come out here after all.
I didn't feel like coming anyway.
I'll see you when you get here.
Not if I see you first.
Wait, you're still coming, right?
If you'll have me, buddy.
- [KNOCK ON GLASS]
- Do you have a minute?
That depends on whether or not
you were gonna come down
on me because I did, in fact,
go see Elizabeth Smith.
I know.
I also know that you did it for Rosalyn.
But even if you didn't do it for her,
it was the right call.
Apology accepted.
I didn't say I'm sorry.
No
But you meant it.
I did.
And for the record,
I care about what
you think about me too,
which is actually why I'm here.
I might have made a mistake
when I said I couldn't be
head of criminal and get involved.
Yeah, you made a huge mistake.
[CHUCKLES]
I've been dying to tell you that.
Mm, so
should we go get a drink tonight?
Amanda, there's nothing
that I would rather do,
but I can't tonight.
I gotta go see someone and
yeah.
Tomorrow?
If you want that, come and find me.
[LIGHT MUSIC]
Hey.
How'd you know how it
went down with Smith?
I ran into Samantha
Railsback as she was leaving.
Impressive woman.
She's not the only one.
[KNOCKING]
Ted, hey.
I'm guessing you got
the package from Kevin.
And I'm guessing
this is what you did
with my father's estate.
I remember you told me you used
to go to that park with Eddie as kids
and how much he loved it.
Figured renaming it, expanding it
was the perfect way to
spend that man's money.
I'll tell you what I told Kevin.
I don't know what to say.
If you don't know what to say
to that, I got a dozy for you.
The only thing is, I can't remember
if Lane was gonna be first
or last on the letterhead.
Are you saying what
I think you're saying?
I never should have cut
you out in the first place.
What do you say we go
ahead with the merger after all?
[SIGHS]
Erica, what are you
What the hell did you say about me?
What are you talking about?
Dylan Pryor made it crystal clear
that she wants me to represent her.
Then she goes to tell you,
changes her mind, and won't tell me why.
- And I want to know what you said.
- That's none of your business.
It is my business if you're
out there bad-mouthing me.
- Get the hell out of my house.
- No.
You've been punishing
me since that night.
You made the negotiation personal,
and now you're coming
after my reputation?
- I would never do that.
- Then what the hell happened?
- Erica
- Tell me!
You want to know? She kissed me.
- What?
- Yeah.
She wanted to be with me, and I said no
because I'm her lawyer.
So she went to sign with you,
and then she came back to me,
thinking that we could be together.
So I told her the truth,
that I can't be with her
because I'm still hung
up on somebody else.
She threw herself at
me, and I didn't care
because
I can't get over you.
[SIGHS]
But you're so scared
to take a chance on me
because you're afraid of getting hurt.
Hold on to me ♪
Rick, I
What?
Who cares what they see? ♪
Who cares what they know? ♪
Your first name is Free ♪
Last name is Dom ♪
'Cause you still believe ♪
In where we're from ♪
Man's red flower ♪
It's in every living thing ♪
Mind, use your power ♪
Spirit, use your wings ♪
Freedom ♪
Freedom ♪
Ted.
Samantha.
Is this a coincidence?
No, it's not.
What did you say to Stuart's offer?
Well, I asked him if you knew,
and he said that you were good with it.
And?
I told him that I needed
some more time to think about it.
Anything I can do to help
you make that decision?
You may have implied
that you're falling for me again.
Why do you want to merge now?
Because I'm not afraid of
mixing business and personal.
What if I'm not ready?
You mean, what if
you might have feelings
for Amanda Stevens?
What if I did?
I'm not afraid of messy, Ted.
What's the worst that could happen?
Then I'm in.
And we are gonna
make it to the other side,
or we are gonna
drive right off a bridge.
Either way,
it's gonna be a hell of a ride.
'Cause you still believe ♪
In everyone ♪
When a baby first breathes ♪
When night sees sunrise ♪
When the whale hunts the sea ♪
When man recognizes ♪
Freedom ♪
Freedom ♪
Freedom ♪